Cultural regions of Belarus
The cultural regions of Belarus are historical and ethnographic areas that are located within the boundaries of what is now Belarus and are distinguished by a set of ethnocultural features: ethnic history, settlement pattern, economic activities and tools used, folk architecture, arts and crafts, traditional clothing, folklore, and local dialect.[1]
According to Viktor Tsitou, these are the ethnographic regions of Belarus:[1]
- Belarusian Dvina Region (Belarusian: Паазер’е, romanized: Paazierje, or Belarusian: Падзвінне, romanized: Padźvińnie)
- Belarusian Dnieper Region (Belarusian: Беларускае Падняпроўе, romanized: Biełaruskaje Padniaproŭje)
- Central Belarus (Belarusian: Цэнтральная Беларусь, romanized: Centralnaja Biełaruś)
- Upper Neman Region (Belarusian: Панямонне, romanized: Paniamońnie)
- Western Polesie and Eastern Polesie (Belarusian: Заходняе Палессе, romanized: Zachodniaje Paleśsie and Belarusian: Усходняе Палессе, romanized: Uschodniaje Paleśsie, respectively)
Researchers contest the definitions of these regions. In the case of Padzvinne, Belarusian historian Vladzimir Auseichyk disputes its existence as a unified region, arguing instead that there are two distinct regions in that area.[2]
Sources
[edit]- ^ a b "Ганцавіцкі краязнаўча-інфармацыйны партал - Ганцевичи". www.gants-region.info. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ Auseichyk, Vladzimir (2019-06-28). "On the question of the ethno-cultural district of the Belorussian Padzvinne". Pskov Journal of Regional Studies (38): 36–50. doi:10.37490/S221979310012056-4. ISSN 2219-7931. S2CID 239199200.
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