Old-New Year’s Eve (shchadrets – шчадрэц), Tsjerablichy, January 13, 2017. Шчадрэц, Цераблічы 2017 г. Tsjerablichy’s postwoman and church choir member Maryja (on the right) leads her brother and friends in a carol. Паштальёнка й сьпявачка ў царкоўным хору Маруся (зправа) з братам і сяброўкамі шчадруюць у хаце Мішы й Веркі Наскевічаў.
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Photos of the Day for February 26, 2017
Old-New Year’s Eve (shchadrets – шчадрэц), Al’shany 2017. Some streets were full of kids reciting songs and rhymes to their neighbors in return for candy. Шчадрэц, Альшаны 2017 г. Дзяўчаты й хлопцы дэкламавалі вершы й песьні сваім суседзям у абмен на цукеркі. A successful hunt. Пасьпяховае паляваньне. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 26, 2017
Photos of the Day for February 25, 2017
Old-New Year’s Eve in Polesia: Al’shany 2017. With no luck in finding groups of Old-New Year’s Eve carolers in Davyd-Haradok, I headed east a few kilometers to Al’shany, still classified as a village, although it has 7,000 inhabitants. Al’shany has a very large population of evangelical Protestants who, as farmers, have turned the area… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 25, 2017
Photo of the Day for February 23, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (V/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (V/VI) 2017 г. Ice-skating on Lake Sjezhka (an oxbow of the River Haryn’). Катаньне на каньках на аз. Сежка (старое рэчышча р. Гарынь).
Photos of the Day for February 21, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (III/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (III/VI) 2017 г. Churches of Belarus (part CXCVII): Orthodox church of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan (1913). Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CXCVII): царква Маці Божай Казанскай (1913 г.). Churches of Belarus (part CXCVIII): Orthodox church… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 21, 2017
Photos of the Day for February 20, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (II/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (II/VI) 2017 г. Ice-fishing on the old course of the River Haryn’. Падлёдная рыбалка на старым русле р. Гарынь.
Photos of the Day for February 19, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (I/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (I/VI) 2017 г. Soviet-era cinema, now partially occupied by clothing stores. Кінатэатр савецкіх часоў. Line of solid wooden houses along the main east-west street (still named Soviet Street), which remains paved with Polish-era cobblestones. Тыповыя гарадчанскія драўляныя хаты… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 19, 2017
Photos of the Day for February 18, 2017
Old-New Year’s Eve (shchodry vjechar/shchadrets – шчодры вечар/шчадрэц), January 13. “Koniki” in Davyd-Haradok 2017. Шчодры вечар/шчадрэц: “конікі“ ў Давыд-Гарадку 2017 г. Eastern Orthodoxy uses the Old Style (Julian) calendar to determine the liturgical cycle of the year. Old-New Year’s Day thus falls on January 14. Belarusians celebrate Old-New Year’s Eve with a tradition of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 18, 2017
Photos of the Day for February 17, 2017
Polesia in winter: oaks along the Tsjerablichy-Machul’ road 2017. Палесьсе ўзімку: дубы ўздоўж дарогі Цераблічы-Мачуль 2017 г.
Photo of the Day for February 16, 2017
Polesia in winter. Patrimony under threat: allee at the beginning of the Tsjerablichy-Machul’ road 2017. The Stolin District administration has already cut down other old allees (for instance between Azdamichy and Tsjerablichy), and this particularly graceful stretch appears to be in the administration’s sights as well. Палесьсе ўзімку. Спадчына пад пагрозай: алея на пачатку дарогі… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 16, 2017