Tag: villages

Photo of the Day for July 24, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (III/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 24, 2019

Photo of the Day for July 23, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (II/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 23, 2019

Photos of the Day for July 22, 3019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (I/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 22, 3019

Photos of the Day for July 20, 2019

Photo excursion to Njas’vizh and Stoubtsy Districts 2018:  Vuzhanka, Asmolava, Sjejlavichy, Kunasa, Amlyntsy, Novyja Navasjolki, Zhatsjerava. Фотавандроўка па Нясьвіжскім і Стаўбцоўскім раёнах 2018 г.: Вужанка, Асмолава, Сейлавічы, Кунаса, Амлынцы, Новыя Навасёлкі, Жацерава.   Zhatsjerava I/II. Жацерава I/II.     Evening landscape near Zhatsjerava. Вячэрны ландшафт ля Жацерава.         House ornamentation. Аздабленьне хаты.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 20, 2019

Photos of the Day for July 18, 2019

Photo excursion to Njas’vizh and Stoubtsy Districts 2018:  Vuzhanka, Asmolava, Sjejlavichy, Kunasa, Amlyntsy, Novyja Navasjolki, Zhatsjerava. Фотавандроўка па Нясьвіжскім і Стаўбцоўскім раёнах 2018 г.: Вужанка, Асмолава, Сейлавічы, Кунаса, Амлынцы, Новыя Навасёлкі, Жацерава.   Kunasa II/II. Кунаса II/II.     Typical vernacular house architecture in Njas’vizh District:  protruding beams at the roof line. Тыповае хатняе дойлідства… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 18, 2019

Photos of the Day for July 16, 2019

Photo excursion to Njas’vizh and Stoubtsy Districts 2018:  Vuzhanka, Asmolava, Sjejlavichy, Kunasa, Amlyntsy, Novyja Navasjolki, Zhatsjerava. Фотавандроўка па Нясьвіжскім і Стаўбцоўскім раёнах 2018 г.: Вужанка, Асмолава, Сейлавічы, Кунаса, Амлынцы, Новыя Навасёлкі, Жацерава.   Sjejlavichy. The name of this village always evokes for me the French phrase “c’est la vie”. Сейлавічы.     Churches of Belarus… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 16, 2019

Photo of the Day for July 12, 2019

Photo excursion to Njas’vizh and Stoubtsy Districts 2018:  Vuzhanka (Uzhanka), Asmolava, Sjejlavichy, Kunasa, Amlyntsy, Novyja Navasjolki, Zhatsjerava. Фотавандроўка па Нясьвіжскім і Стаўбцоўскім раёнах 2018 г.: Вужанка (Ужанка), Асмолава, Сейлавічы, Кунаса, Амлынцы, Новыя Навасёлкі, Жацерава.   Vuzhanka (Uzhanka).  See also photos of the day for Februry 3, 2018. Вужанка (Ужанка).  Гл. таксама фотаздымкі дня 3 лютага… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 12, 2019

Photos of the Day for July 2, 2019

Photo excursion to Kljetsk District 2019:  Tsapra, Hurnaushchyna, Ljetsjashyn, Chyrvonaja Zorka, Janavichy, Stralkava, Mjezhnaja Slabada, Babichy, Karatsk, Halynka   Фотавандроўка па Клецкім раёне 2019 г.: Цапра, Гурнаўшчына, Лецяшын, Чырвоная Зорка, Янавічы, Стралкава, Межная Слабада, Бабічы, Карацк, Галынка   View westward from Hurnaushchyna. Від на захад ад Гурнаўшчыны.           Fine example of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 2, 2019

Photo of the Day for May 31, 2019

Eastertide portraits of Polesia:  newly-planted potato patch, Tsjerablichy 2019. The slow but steady spread of small-scale mechanized farm machinery produces new patterns at planting season. Веоікодныя партрэты Палесься: нядаўна пасаджаная бульба ў агародзе, Цераблічы 2019 г.