Christmas past

Performers singing carols, known locally as Kolyadki, in the village of Noviny, some 90 kilometres east of the capital Minsk, Belarus, yesterday. Local residents took part in the celebrations to mark the end of a pagan winter holiday Kolyada, which in...

Performers singing carols, known locally as Kolyadki, in the village of Noviny, some 90 kilometres east of the capital Minsk, Belarus, yesterday. Local residents took part in the celebrations to mark the end of a pagan winter holiday Kolyada, which in Ukraine and some parts of Belarus over the centuries has merged with Orthodox Christmas celebrations.

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