{"id":8972,"date":"2021-10-19T08:32:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T08:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/?p=8972"},"modified":"2021-10-19T08:32:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T08:32:26","slug":"nad-popelam-parazy-peramoga-belaruskaya-kultura-padchas-gramadska-palitychnaga-kryzisu-11-17-kastrychnika-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/2021\/10\/19\/nad-popelam-parazy-peramoga-belaruskaya-kultura-padchas-gramadska-palitychnaga-kryzisu-11-17-kastrychnika-2021.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOver The Ashes Of Defeat There Is A Victory!..\u201d Belarusian Culture In Sociopolitical Crisis: October 11-17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Download the pdf-version of issue 54 of Cultural Resistance Monitoring<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Persecution, Convictions, Censorship, Cultural Policy<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Andrej Ko\u0142as<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Andrej Ko\u0142as<\/b>, a historian from Va\u016dkavysk and a teacher of “Mova Nanova” courses, left Belarus after having served 10 days in prison. Seven security officers with shields and weapons broke into Anderj’s house on September 27, formally to check his hunting weapons. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ina Dranica<\/b> was sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest for a white-red-white flag, which the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption representatives, who came to Ina with a search, hung in the window themselves and photographed for the report.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vadzim Jerma\u0161uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vadzim Jerma\u0161uk<\/b>, a blogger from Hrodna, received another 20 days of administrative arrest for “extremism”, despite the fact that he is already a suspect under two criminal cases.<\/span><\/p>\n

Artur \u017dvirydo\u016dski<\/b> was sentenced to three years in prison for hanging a white-red-white flag on one of the schools in Astraviec, and also painted white-red-white stripes on a the stone, in addition to tearing a red-green flag from the building of one from the state institutions of the district center.<\/span><\/p>\n

U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Fiodara\u016d<\/b> was arrested for 15 days: when his things were checked before a hockey match, they found a passport cover with Pahonia on it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Life of the Imprisoned People<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alaksandr Vasilevi\u010d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alaksandr Vasilevi\u010d<\/b>, co-owner of the Vondel \/ Hepta advertising agency, co-founder of Kyky and The Village Belarus, as well as Gallery \u040e, has been under arrest in the pre-trial prison for more than 400 days. Until now, neither his family nor Alaksandr himself know the exact charges he\u2019s facing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Natalla Chier\u0161e<\/b> told about conditions in the Mahilo\u016d prison.\u00a0<\/span>She is kept alone in a cell intended for six.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThey gave me good linen, a good blanket, but it was cool in the cell. The food here is similar to the food in the colony, and, very importantly, there are beautiful yards for walks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When Natallia brought her things in the cell, she noticed that some of them were missing: the diary she kept in the previous prisons, the portraits she had painted in the colony, notebooks where she copied thoughts from the books she read, postcards sent to her from Germany, magazines, and blank A4 sheets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Zmicier Kaz\u0142o\u016d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zmicier Kaz\u0142o\u016d<\/b>, better known as the blogger \u0160ery Kot, sentenced to five years in a penal colony for allegedly “organizing mass riots” (Part 2, Article 293 of the Criminal Code), sent a letter in which he wrote that he has absolutely no one who could support him:<\/span><\/p>\n

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“… I have no close relatives, no one can help me, not financially, no calls, no meetings, and I am completely without support now.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Maria Kalesnikava<\/b> generates cool ideas even behind bars. At the place of the pre-trial detention centre in Minsk, she wants to make a cultural hub and a museum of victims of repressions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dissent and Cultural Activism<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The book of <\/span>Cyprian Kamil Norwid\u2019s translations into Belarusian “Over The Ashes Of Defeat There Is A Victory!..” was <\/span>presented<\/span><\/a> online.<\/span>
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The round table on one of the key philosophical essays in Belarusian thinking of the 20th century “The Eternal Way” by <\/span>Ihnat Abdzira\u0142ovi\u010d<\/b> (Ihnat Kan\u010de\u016dski) and modern challenges to the Belarusian worldview took place at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences. <\/span><\/p>\n

The second episode of the <\/span>NowProst<\/b><\/a> project <\/b>is a series of conversations between <\/span>Kupa\u0142a\u016dcy<\/b>. The guest is actor Micha\u015b Zuj.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9bT88fXz4e0<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Italian Journey”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Schools in Hrodna <\/b>can be named after famous Belarusians. Historians find the initiative both interesting and controversial.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alaksandra Chamianok-Fied\u010danka<\/b> has <\/span>published an audiobook<\/span><\/a> of her inclusive fairy tales “Italian Journey”. This and other Belarusian books can be listened to through the Book Cart app.<\/span><\/p>\n

Valer Hapieje\u016d<\/b> has published a children\u2019s book “Little \u017denia \u2014 The Queen Of Mice: Stories From The Life Of A Belarusian Girl”; the artist is Eleanora Lachnovi\u010d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anatol Brusievi\u010d<\/b>, a Hrodna-based poet, literary critic and teacher, has published a new collection of poems titled \u201cWings. Verses And Poems\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“\u041c\u044f\u0441\u0442\u044d\u0447\u043a\u0456 \u0456 \u0432\u0451\u0441\u043a\u0456 \u0411\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0456”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jury \u017dyhamont<\/b>, a Belarusian TV host well-known for his educational journeys to small towns and villages, <\/span>has published<\/span><\/a> a book “Towns and Villages of Belarus”.<\/span><\/p>\n

The “Belarusian House”<\/b> opened <\/span>in Vilnius<\/b>. It will host cultural events and a Sunday school of the Belarusian language. There are also Belarusians who have lived in Vilnius for a long time, and those who were forced to leave their homeland because of political repressions. A Belarusian museum will appear here in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

The gallery-page of <\/span>tuzinfm.by<\/b><\/a> has been launched \u2014 the portal that has given life to dozens of worthy projects of music and history, cinema, art, literature and celebrates its 18th anniversary this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

A doll by Hanna Zabrocka<\/b><\/a>, dedicated to the performance of Jana \u0160ostak\u2b07\ufe0f<\/span><\/p>\n

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A doll by Hanna Zabrocka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Valer Vi\u0161\u010denia<\/b><\/a>, a political prisoner sentenced to three years of open air prison in Viciebsk, sends his drawings in response to letters of solidarity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mother’s Day<\/b>, on which many Belarusian children couldn\u2019t be with their mothers.\u00a0<\/span>By karikatu.rama\u00a0<\/span>\u2b07\ufe0f<\/span><\/p>\n

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Winners of the <\/span>Ciotka Award<\/b> for the best children\u2019s book in Belarusian in two nominations <\/span>have been announced<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

PEN Belarus continues its programme <\/span>\u201cCreative cuisine\u201d<\/span><\/a>, this week\u2019s speaker was <\/span>Jeva Vie\u017enaviec<\/b>, writer, shortlist for Jerzy Giedroyc Literary Award.<\/span><\/p>\n