Amuscaria

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Repulsed - Chapter 13

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Antique Russian Christmas postcard featuring kolyadki—Christmas carols.

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З Калядамі! С Рождеством! Merry Christmas!

Art by Anna Silivonchik

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One of Orthodox Christmas traditions is koledari - a kind of Christmas caroling. One of Russian names for Christmas eve is коляда, and koledari is called similarly–колядки.

Here are some 19 century postcards depicting koledari.

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TW: violence, politics, Belarus

We have been under occupation for three months now. It is difficult to call it anything else, although some people may find the comparison too exaggerated.

What is going on?

This art shows two poets and political activists of the last century. Aloisa Pashkevich (aka Tsetka) from Belarus and Lesya Ukrainka from Ukraine. It is not known whether they met in life, but they are contemporaries and both fought for the freedom of their peoples.

Keep reading

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Not a Courtship - Chapter 2

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Sansa Stark by ladywinde

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National costumes of Belarus by Yuri Podverbny

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Воронеж

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- Evenk beauty - by Losenko

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by Marharita Tsikhanovich (instagram/behance)

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Hello! I'm not sure if you are taking requests, but if you have the chance, could you draw a pocket Arya with Nymeria? Your tiny hobbits/elves are really cute! Please and thank you.

Thank you! (I feel like I owe some fluff after that last drawing..)

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Ivana Kupala by Leona-Norten

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Trakai Island Castle, Trakai, Lithuania