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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 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;
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 ...
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 ...
The humble potato became so common in the 19th century that there are more than 300 potato dishes recorded in Belarus and it came to be considered the core ingredient of the national cuisine. In the Russian Empire [ 5 ] and Soviet Union , Belarusians were sometimes called bulbashi , a pejorative conjugation of the Belarusian word for potato.
Belarus, [b] officially the Republic of Belarus, [c] is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) with a population of 9.1 million.
The flag of the People's Republic of Belarus in 1918 and of the Republic of Belarus in 1991-1995 (from History of Belarus) Image 20 View of Novogrudok , by Napoleon Orda (from History of Belarus ) Image 21 Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature (from Culture of Belarus )
Dozhinki in Belarus (1934). Belarusian dance. Lyavonikha is the most popular dance in Belarus, and it is a traditional dance. It vividly expresses the soul and culture of the people. The dance is done in a group of arbitrary size, broken up by couples. Its musical accompaniment is a song of the same name.