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Kalyady, the Pagan Flair of a Belarusian Christmas – Belarus Photo Digest
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In the Belarusian countryside, the religious holidays of Christmas and Epiphany are fused with pagan “Kalyady” rituals. From late December into January, groups of villagers dress up in costumes and go house-to-house singing traditional “kaliadki” songs, for which they...