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Belarusian culture is the product of a millennium of development under the impact of a number of diverse factors. These include the physical environment; the ethnographic background of Belarusians (the merger of Slavic newcomers with Baltic natives); the paganism of the early settlers and their hosts; Eastern Orthodox Christianity as a link to the Byzantine literary and cultural traditions ...
The Belarusian people trace their distinct culture to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, earlier Kievan Rus' and the Principality of Polotsk. [44] Litvin was a term used to describe all residents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, primarily those belonging to the noble state, without distinction of ethnicity or religion.
also: People: By gender: Men: By nationality: Belarusian This category exists only as a container for other categories of Belarusian men . Articles on individual men should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
LGBTQ culture in Belarus (1 C) M. Mass media in Belarus (15 C, 6 P) N. Belarusian names (2 C, 1 P) National symbols of Belarus (2 C, 18 P) Belarusian nationalism (4 C ...
Map of the cultural regions of Belarus (following Tsitou's ideas), superimposed over the administrative Regions of Belarus. Cultural regions of Belarus are historical and ethnographic regions that are located in the boundaries of what is now Belarus and are distinguished by a set of ethnocultural features: ethnic history, nature of settlement, economic activities and tools, folk architecture ...
The cultural heritage of Belarus includes both material and immaterial assets (valuables), in accordance with the Law on Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Belarus (2006). [1] Material historical and cultural assets, movable and immovable, include (Article 13 [1]): Documentary monuments; Nature reserves;
A Belarusian man who was in jail awaiting trial on charges of insulting the authoritarian president has died in custody, the country's leading human rights group said Thursday. Aliaksandr Kulinich ...
Belarusian folk dance (Belarusian: Беларускі народны танец) is a Belarusian folk dance art, presented in the form of folk domestic or staged scenic dance. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The history of Belarus and efforts to preserve Belarusian traditions have shaped the dances in use today, which have many ancient and archaic elements. [ 3 ]