‘Strylka’, a spring ritual circle dance, is usually performed annually on the first day of Easter after the vespers in the church locally called ‘Nešpar’ and lasts for 40—60 minutes. After the vespers, people from the villages around Biezdziež gather to perform the ceremony in the village square locally called ‘misto’ in front of the church, near the cross, which is located at the intersection of five roads. The Misto is an important element ...
The craft of felting valionki (traditional footwear of Belarusians) is passed on in families from generation to generation. Making valionki has long been practiced throughout that territory. Valionki of different colour and size are made from fleece shorn at the appropriate time, in the autumn or spring, and to the required length. The wool is not washed, that way it is easier to felt it. The main bearers of the felting craft in Mijory ...
