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Photos of the Day for October 6, 2017

Photo excursion to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts 2017 (IV/V):  Zaskavichy, Aljanjets, Zaljes’sje, Mikhnjevichy, Katy, Kjeuly, Vjasjen’njaja, Pasinki, Tsary, Sjaljets, Milidaushchyna, Rakautsy. Фотавандроўка па Ашмянскім і Смаргоньскім раёнах 2017 г. (IV/V):  Заскавічы, Алянец, Залесьсе, Міхневічы, Каты, Кеўлы, Вясеньняя, Пасінкі, Цары, Сялец, Мілідаўшчына, Ракаўцы.   We passed through a quiet region of fading collective farms and pretty,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 6, 2017

Photos of the Day for October 5, 2017

Photo excursion to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts 2017 (III/V):  Zaskavichy, Aljanjets, Zaljes’sje, Mikhnjevichy, Katy, Kjeuly, Vjasjen’njaja, Pasinki, Tsary, Sjaljets, Milidaushchyna, Rakautsy. Фотавандроўка па Ашмянскім і Смаргоньскім раёнах 2017 г. (III/V):  Заскавічы, Алянец, Залесьсе, Міхневічы, Каты, Кеўлы, Вясеньняя, Пасінкі, Цары, Сялец, Мілідаўшчына, Ракаўцы.   After visiting the estate in Zaljes’sje we set off north and northwest.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 5, 2017

Photos of the Day for October 4, 2017

Photo excursion to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts 2017 (II/V):  Zaskavichy, Aljanjets, Zaljes’sje, Mikhnjevichy, Katy, Kjeuly, Vjasjen’njaja, Pasinki, Tsary, Sjaljets, Milidaushchyna, Rakautsy. Фотавандроўка па Ашмянскім і Смаргоньскім раёнах 2017 г. (II/V):  Заскавічы, Алянец, Залесьсе, Міхневічы, Каты, Кеўлы, Вясеньняя, Пасінкі, Цары, Сялец, Мілідаўшчына, Ракаўцы.   Former estate of Mikhal Kleafas Ahinski, Zaljes’sje (Smarhon’ District). Былая сядзіба Міхала… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 4, 2017

Photos of the Day for October 3, 2017

Photo excursion to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts 2017 (I/V):  Zaskavichy, Aljanjets, Zaljes’sje, Mikhnjevichy, Katy, Kjeuly, Vjasjen’njaja, Pasinki, Tsary, Sjaljets, Milidaushchyna, Rakautsy. It happens all the time to the wanderer in Belarus.  One starts off with a travel aim — in this case to visit the former estate of Grand Duchy of Lithuania/Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth patriot and… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 3, 2017

Photos of the Day for October 2, 2017

Horsecarts.  Rubel’ (Rubjel’) 2017. Rubel’, in the middle of central Polesia’s Stolin District, was the largest village in Belarus until the early 1970s.  With about 4,700 inhabitants Rubel’ remains the second largest village in Stolin District; it is renowned not only for the industriousness of its small-holder farmers but also for producing scores of Orthodox… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 2, 2017

Photos of the Day for September 30, 2017

Harvesting potatoes from the garden.  Tsjerablichy 2017. It is a deeply-engrained custom in Belarusian villages to plant potatoes on a significant portion of the garden around one’s house.  After photographing Vasil’ and his daughter Tats’tsjana at work, I put the camera aside and helped fill two bags’ worth. Пакуль спадар Васіль нясе поўны мяшок на… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 30, 2017

Photos of the Day for September 29, 2017

Potato harvest from the family allotment, Tsjerablichy 2017. First cultivated in the Belarusian lands in the mid-18th century, the potato is now one of the most important elements in the Belarusian diet.  Families anxiously await the harvest, the quantity and quality of which to a huge degree will determine both how well a homestead makes… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 29, 2017

Photos of the Day for September 27, 2017

Portraits of Polesia, Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Azdamichy, August 19, 2017.  VIII/VIII Партрэты Палесься, Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Аздамічы 2017 г.  VIII/VIII            

Photos of the Day for September 26, 2017

Portraits of Polesia, Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Azdamichy, August 19, 2017.  VII/VIII Партрэты Палесься, Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Аздамічы 2017 г.  VII/VIII     A grandmother with her granddaughter, and with the same clear and steady gaze…   …as in 2009.             Natalja, a… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 26, 2017