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Photos of the Day for April 22, 2017

Ljabjady (Ljebjadzi) 2015. One of the rewards of wandering the back roads of Belarus is stumbling on villages which preserve their traditional layout, texture and vernacular architecture.  Ljabjady (Ljebjadzi), on the rail line connecting the district centers of Zel’va and Vaukavysk, is a classic example of such a village. Неруш:  Лябяды (Лебядзі) 2015 г.  … Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 22, 2017

Photo of the Day for April 21, 2017

Portraits of Polesia, Khotamjel’ 2014. Партрэты Палесься:  хлопцы й атаманша, Хотамель 2014 г.  

Holy Saturday / Плашчаніца

Orthodox Holy Saturday Matins (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2015. To mark the death of Christ and his repose in the tomb, the priest sets up a temporary altar table toward the rear of the nave to symbolize Christ’s tomb.  The priest has a cloth icon spread out to cover the table.  Commemorating… Continue reading Holy Saturday / Плашчаніца

Photos of the Day for April 4, 2017

Last thoughts of winter:  photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (X/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму:  фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (X/XII) 2016 г.   Kryvichy.  With a population of 1,200, Krivichy in Mjadzjel’ District is one of seven towns in Belarus carrying the name of one of the principle Slavic and Slavicized tribes which… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 4, 2017

Photos of the Day for April 1, 2017

Last thoughts of winter:  photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (VII/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму:  фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (VII/XII) 2016 г.   World War I cemeteries (part VI):  roadside chapel (1856) by cemetery for World War I Russian and German soldiers and Polish soldiers from the 1919-21 war against the Bolsheviks.  Dauhinau.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 1, 2017

Photos of the Day for March 30, 2017

Last thoughts of winter:  photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (V/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму:  фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (V/XII) 2016 г.     Rahozina. Рагозіна.     View upstream on the river Vilija from the bridge at Kamjena.  The border between western Belarusian lands incorporated into interwar Poland and the Soviet-occupied Belarusian… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 30, 2017

Photo of the Day for March 29, 2017

Last thoughts of winter:  photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (IV/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму:  фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (IV/XII) 2016 г.   River Krajshchanka in Krajsk. Рака Крайшчанка ў Крайску.

Photos of the Day for March 26, 2017

Last thoughts of winter:  photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (I/XII) 2016:  river Vjacha near Papjernja. At the time I took these photos, the stretch between Rakhman’ki and Papjernja on the main R58 road from Mjensk north to Mjadzel was narrow, crowded as it dipped toward and then rose from the narrow valley of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 26, 2017