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Who are we without culture?! Indeed, culture is a peculiar sum of the achievements of mankind in production, social and spiritual life. Therefore, each ethnicity (people) over time and accumulates reserves various materialityуs, socials and achieve spiritual, which together form the cultures in this ethnic group. Who are we - Belarusians, and what achievements we left for our ancestors, let's try to highlight further.
History of Belarusian culture
Ethnic Belarusian culture
It is traditionally believed that the formation of the ethnic culture of Belarusians was influenced not by one, but by a whole complex of factors: this is the general territory, features of everyday culture and economic activity, customs, rituals, traditional folk art, a language of communication typical of Belarusians. It is traditionally believed that the Belarusian ethnic group began to form as a result of the disintegration of a single Old Russian nation in the 13-14 centuries. Living in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Belarusians borrowed part of the culture of the Baltic tribes. Today, the ethnic culture of Belarusians includes elements of the culture and language of Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Lithuanians, as well as representatives of the Jewish peoples. Although after 1991 the goals were the times of the collapse of the USSR, there was a sharp outflow of representatives of the Jewish people in Belarus, due to the popularity of the so-called “Jewish Repatriation Program to Israel”. For centuries, Belarusians as an ethnos have formed the following traditions and rituals: «Kolyadnye Kings», spring ceremony «Yuryev Round Dance», a celebration in honor of the veneration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Budslavsky (Budslavsky Fest).
Contemporary Belarusian culture
Modern Belarusians prefer pop and rock music. They go to theaters and cinema, prefer outdoor activities, cycling and fishing. Many people like to visit the baths, an indispensable attribute of which is a broom and good company. In contrast to the Soviet era, the bulk of the population constantly attends churches, considering it their duty to observe Christian traditions.
Belarusian castles
The real all-Belarusian heritage is considered such castles as:
Radivil’s Castle
Mir Castle
Nesvizh Castle
Theaters in Belarus
If you are a fan of drama, satire or just want to get rich spiritually, then you should definitely look into such theatrical institutions of the country as:
National Academic Drama Theater. M. Gorky
National Academic Theater named after Yanka Kupala
Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater
State Puppet Theater of the Republic of Belarus
Belarusian Republican Theater for Young Spectators
Theater Studio
State Youth Variety Theater
Belarusian State Youth Theater
Belarusian poetry theater of one actor «Znich »
Opera in Belarus
The only opera and largest theater in Belarus is the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, which is located in Minsk. The building has the status of a monument of architecture of national importance.
Ballet in Belarus
Ballet in Belarus is inextricably linked with the name of the famous choreographer - Valentin Elizariev. At the age of 26, he became the main choreographer of the Belarusian Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. He created the modern Belarusian ballet, leading the ballet troupe for 30 years. He formed a new type of ballet dramaturgy based on the end-to-end development of the action, on the metaphorical and manifold plasticity, on the subtle interaction of choreography and music with stenography. In 1996 he was awarded the title of «The Best Choreographer of the Year» and the Benois de la Dense award, established by the International Dance Association, for the choreography of the Passion Ballet (Rogneda).
Cinema in Belarus
Each tourist will be interested to know that we have the Minsk International Film Festival «Listopad». The festival is even accredited by the Federation of International Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) as a specialized competitive film festival of the countries of Central Asia, the Baltic States, as well as countries of Eastern and Central Europe.
Art galleries in Belarus
All guests of the capital will be pleasantly surprised if they can Visit the five following exhibition halls:
ArtPort - Gallery of Modern Art
Gallery TUT.BY
Gallery of the Belarusian Union of Designers
Gallery of modern art «U »
Art gallery about cats «Kotovasiya»
Festivals in Belarus
Republican festival of national cultures in Grodno (annually, June)
Festival of rural tourism «Gaspadarchy cheese-2016» (April, the city of Slavgorod)
Cherry festival in Glubokoe (July, annually)
«Candy Festival» in Ivenets (annually, June)
International festival of ethnocultural traditions «Call of Polesye» (August, Gomel region, Lyaskovichi)
«Slavic Bazaar in Vitebsk» (annually, July)
Historical figures of culture in Belarus
Michal Cleofas Oginsky
Efrosinya Polotskaya
Stanislav Monyushko
Deschinsky Jozef
Furman Ivan Petrovich
Contemporary cultural figures in Belarus
Belarusian artists
Ivan Khrutsky
Kazimir Malevich (painting «Black Square»)
Andrey Smolyak
Marc Chagall
Lyudmila Zhizhenko
Gavri il Vashchenko
Mikhail Savitsky
Stuffed Horde
Belarusian sculptors
Zaire Azgur
Andrey Bembel
Vladimir Zhbanov
Yatsino Peter
Ostashov, Andrey
Gumilevsky Leo
Belarusian actors
Vysotskaya Julia
Averkov Alexander Konstantinovich
Bykov Vitaliy Mikhailovich
Galygin, Vadim Pavlovich
Dobrolyubov Igor Mikhailovich
Elfimov Peter Petrovich
Ivanov Igor Igorevich
Koldun Georgy Alexandrovich
Korsh-Sablin Vladimir Vladimirovich
Sidorov Yuri Vladimirovich
Sokol Moses Borisovich
Agurbash Angelika Anatolevna
Vysotskaya, Julia Alexandrovna
Yezerskaya, Eleonora Arkadievna
Zhdanovich, Irina Florianovna
Kazyuchits, Anna Yuryevna
Rumyantseva Lyubov Grigoryevna
Stanyuta Stefania Mikhailovna
Belarusian designers
As with The list of Belarusian designers whose work is worthy of attention and have important on the part of lovers of art fashion.
Alena Goretskaya
Larisa Balunova
Nikolai Morozov
Natalya Lyakhovets
Valeria Aksenova
Karina Galstyan
Pavel Panaskin
Lyudmila Labkova
Belarusian writers
Belarus takes fiction seriously. Every year in our country is held the Day of Belarusian writing. This holiday reflects the whole history of literature and writing up to our time. The most striking mark in Belarusian literature was left by such personalities as:
Vasil Bykov
Yanka Kupala
Yakub Kolas
Yanka Moor
Vladimir Bogdanovich
Svetlana Aleksievich - Nobel Prize Laureate
Simeon of Polotsk
Vincent Dunin-Martinkevich
Belarus and UNESCO
Belarus as a UNESCO member since 1954, as a permanent representative of the organization, our country maintains fruitful and dynamic relations. With the help of this organization, many interesting educational, scientific, communication and cultural projects are being implemented in our country.
Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
In 1988, Belarus acceded to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972. To date, today 4 objects located in our country are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
UNESCO World Heritage List in Belarus
National Park «Belovezhskaya Pushcha»
The first in the List in 1992 was the National Park «Belovezhskaya Pushcha» (natural heritage site) - a unique protected forest in Europe, protected since the 15th century.
Castle complex «Mir»
In 2000 the List of World Cultural Heritage entered built at the beginning of the XVI century castle complex «Mir ». The architecture, combining Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance, made it one of the most beautiful castles in Europe.
«The architectural and cultural complex of the Radziwills residence in Nesvizh»
The palace in Nesvizh was added to the List in 2005. Palace for centuries was the seat of one of the richest and most influential dynasties in Europe - the Radziwill family. Today, the magnificent restored castle - the National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve «Nesvizh » - is a visiting card of Belarus.
Geodetic Arc Struve
The world famous geodetic construction - Struve Arc was added to the List in 2005. This construction connected 265 points in 10 countries of the world: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. According to historical data, there were 34 points in Belarus: 20 were preserved, and five of them, equipped with special signs, were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Unesco World Heritage Sites
August canal
Transfiguration Church and St. Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk
Borisoglebskaya (Kolozha) church in Grodno
Religious buildings defensive type in Belarus («Bobruisk fortress»), Poland and Lithuania
Wooden churches of Polesie
The architectural ensemble of Independence Avenue in Minsk
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