{"id":526328,"date":"2026-03-17T22:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/vyhodzic-kniga-pra-tradycyjnyja-intjer-ery-belaruskih-hat"},"modified":"2026-03-18T00:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:42:42","slug":"vyhodzic-kniga-pra-tradycyjnyja-intjer-ery-belaruskih-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/vyhodzic-kniga-pra-tradycyjnyja-intjer-ery-belaruskih-hat","title":{"rendered":"Book on Traditional Interiors of Belarusian Homes to Be Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The creators of the \u201cBelarusian Traditional Interior\u201d project, which is compiling a comprehensive archive of photographs of Belarusian interiors and their elements, have announced the release of their first book, \u201cTraditional Interior. People.\u201d It presents rural interiors through photographs of the interiors themselves, portraits of the protagonists, as well as images of bedspreads and towels, the sacred corner, and embroidery, alongside life stories of nine residents of different generations from across Belarus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-526306\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/650341335_18565808563060370_312693871712817881_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/650341335_18565808563060370_312693871712817881_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/650341335_18565808563060370_312693871712817881_n-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/650341335_18565808563060370_312693871712817881_n-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/650341335_18565808563060370_312693871712817881_n-551x400.jpg 551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThis is the story of 80-year-old Dzied Kas\u043c\u0430\u0447 from near Valozhyn, who was healed with holy water and prayers during Soviet times, when religion was banned; and of the world-famous Baba Katia (Katsiaryna Alyakseyeuna Panchenia) from the village of Pahost, about her fate and her house-museum, which has done so much for traditional culture and endured so much grief through the loss of her sons,\u201d<\/i> writes <b>Andrei Liankevich<\/b>, a photographer who has documented rural interiors in Belarus for many years. <i>\u201cThese are also the stories of sisters Vera (who cannot walk) and deaf-mute Mania Nikanovich, who lived together all their lives without experiencing love; and the story of 90-year-old Nelya Mikhnavets, so fond of pigeons that she embroidered them in perhaps 50 different variations; and the incantations of healer Vera Yakauleuna Tsarykevich, who treated even doctors with whispers, curing both erysipelas and snake bites; and a young Shatsyor family, who have assembled one of the largest collections of bedspreads and embroidery in a village house near Maladzechna; and the late Alena Mikitau\u0306na Muzychenka, who lived without electricity or utilities in the Chernobyl-affected village of Bartalameyeu\u0306tsy, where she returned after resettlement to a city apartment.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-526307\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/650731277_18565808584060370_3584588473246844406_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/650731277_18565808584060370_3584588473246844406_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/650731277_18565808584060370_3584588473246844406_n-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/650731277_18565808584060370_3584588473246844406_n-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/650731277_18565808584060370_3584588473246844406_n-589x400.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The book also includes two texts: one by curator Hanna Karpenka about the photographic project and archive \u201cTraditional Interior,\u201d and another by folklorist Tatsiana Valodzina on the distinctiveness of Belarusian interiors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-526305\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651917666_18565808602060370_6897473969153193215_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651917666_18565808602060370_6897473969153193215_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651917666_18565808602060370_6897473969153193215_n-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651917666_18565808602060370_6897473969153193215_n-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651917666_18565808602060370_6897473969153193215_n-594x400.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The book comprises 272 pages in English and Belarusian. It features a vivid colour design and personal stories of Belarusians. The price is expected to be around 60 euros or 200 Belarusian rubles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-526308\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649789102_4412773435666624_9201142233572865400_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649789102_4412773435666624_9201142233572865400_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649789102_4412773435666624_9201142233572865400_n-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649789102_4412773435666624_9201142233572865400_n-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649789102_4412773435666624_9201142233572865400_n-539x400.jpg 539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To determine how many copies of the book are needed and in which locations, readers are asked to leave a pre-order <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdQBNPP-y27XenI96Foay1sPmAbheBGiMT-d0QFgwnyykgU6g\/viewform\">via the following link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creators of the \u201cBelarusian Traditional Interior\u201d project, which is compiling a comprehensive archive of photographs of Belarusian interiors and their elements, have announced the release of their first book, \u201cTraditional Interior. People.\u201d It presents rural interiors through photographs of the interiors themselves, portraits of the protagonists, as well as images of bedspreads and towels, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":526326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69b9cad7c032b.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Book on Traditional Interiors of Belarusian Homes to Be Released"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-526328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}