Portraits of Polesia: rites on Old New Year’s Eve (Shchadrets – Шчадрэц, January 13), Tsjerablichy 2018. Партрэты Палесься: абрады на Шчадрэц, Цераблічы 2018 г. Placing a bundle of straw under the table. Спадарыня Каця кладзе стус саломы пад стол. Caroling house to house. Carolers wish health and happiness for… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 7, 2018
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Photo of the Day for January 13, 2018
Old-New Year’s Eve (shchadrets – шчадрэц), Tsjerablichy, January 13, 2017. Shchadrets is a pre-Christian rite absorbed into the Christian tradition in Belarus. In villages of the central Pripet area groups of carolers carry a star-shaped pinwheel from house to house, and sing to bring good fortune; the family in each house offers food or money.… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 13, 2018
Photos of the Day for March 1, 2017
Old-New Year’s Eve (shchadrets – шчадрэц), Tsjerablichy, January 13, 2017. Returning home from college for Old-New Year’s eve, and using the twirling star he had made in high school, Pasha Naskjevich joined up with two high-school classmates to make the caroling rounds in Tsjerablichy. Шчадрэц, Цераблічы 2017 г. Паша Наскевіч прыехаў дахаты з калледжа, каб… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 1, 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