(Reuters) - Belarussians celebrate the pagan rite called "Kolyadki" in the village of Lobcha, about 230 km (143 miles) south of Minsk January 7, 2012. Kolyada is a pagan winter holiday, which over the centuries has merged with Orthodox Chri... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Belarussians celebrate the pagan rite called "Kolyadki" in the village of Pogost, some 250 km (155 miles) south of Minsk, January 7, 2011. Kolyada is a pagan winter holiday, which over the centuries has merged with Orthodox Chri... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Belarussians vote at a polling station during presidential elections in Minsk December 19, 2010. Voting got under way on Sunday in the former Soviet republic of Belarus in an election certain to extend strongman Alexander Lukashenko's... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Belarussians sing and dance around a campfire during the Ivana Kupala festival near the town of Rakov, some 45 km (28 miles) northwest of Minsk, July 6, 2009. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivit... [Full Article]