На маю думку, жаданне прылюдна распранацца — увогуле шырока распаўсюджаная з’ява сярод маладых жанчын. Падчас выступленняў глядачкі часта далучаюцца да акцёрак альбо прызнаюцца ў жаданні гэта зрабіць. Верагодна, тут трэба чытаць Фройда з ягонай тэорыяй першаснага і другаснага нарцысізму, інфантыльнага аўтаэратызму, сублімацыі.

Я асабіста знаёмы амаль з 200 артысткамі, многім з якіх можна смела даваць медаль «Заслужаная артыстка стрыптызу» (гэта вылілася ў стварэнне цэлага партрэтнага шэрагу), і магу сказаць, што сёння ўсе мы адчуваем сябе сапраўднай апазіцыяй — і культурнай, і палітычнай.


Belarus culture

The traditional dresses, which have originated from the times of Kievian Rus' or Ruthenia, is continued to be worn today at special functions. Due to the climate in Belarus, the clothes were made out a fabric of a that provided a closed covering and warmth. The outfits were designed with either many threads of different colors being woven together or being adorned with symbols called ornaments. The Belarusan nobles usually had their fabrics imported and usually were in the colors of red, blue or green. Males wore a shirt and trousers adorned with a belt and the females wore a longer shirt, a wrap-around skirt called a paniova and a headscarf. The outfits also were modified from influences from dresses worn by Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians and other European nations and have improved over time due to various changes in the techniques used to make clothing.

UNESCO has four sites in Belarus, with two of them being partly in other states, being put on the World Heritage List: Belovezhskaya Pushcha (also in Poland), Mir Castle Complex, Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Niasvizh and Struve Geodetic Arc (Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Moldova, Russian, Sweden and Ukraine).

The typical diet for the Belarusian includes bread, potatoes, cabbage and pork. The Belarusians also tend to eat small portions of food in the morning while they have very hearty meals for lunch and dinner. Some of the most widely served dishes in Belarus include kotleta po krestyansky, a mix of chopped pork served in a mushroom sauce, a soup by the name of shtchi which include sauerkraut, potatoes and fried onions and kalachi, a loaf of bread that has been formed into the shape of a padlock. And when guests enter into Belarus from a foreign country, they are usually served rye bread with a pinch of salt on the side and it is presented to them on a tradition cloth called a rushnik.

Belarusian theater also began to spring up in popularity in the early 1900s with various plays being performed in Belarus, Ukraine and in Siberia. One of Belarus's famous plays, Paulinka, which was composed by Yanka Koupala, was being performed in Siberia for the Belarusians who were being be sent to the region. [12] Documentation of Belarusian folk music stretches back to at least the 15th century. Prior to that, skomorokhs were the major profession for musicians. A neumatic chant, called znamenny, from the word 'znamia', meaning sign or neume, used until 16th century in Orthodox church music, followed by two hundreds of stylistic innovation that drew on the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation. In the 17th century, Partesnoe penie, part singing, became common for choruses, followed by private theaters established in cities like Minsk and Vitebsk. Popular music groups that came from Belarus include Pesniary, Dreamlin and NRM. Currently, there are 27 professional theater groups touring in Belarus and also includes 70 orchestras and 15 agencies that focus on promoting concerts.

However, parts of the culture have been lost over time due to the Russification period. While poets like Koupala were trying to revive the Belarusian language and tried to prevent the Russification of Belarus, the Russian language is still being used in official business and in other sections of Belarusian society. Other symbols of culture that faced Russification were the symbols of Belarus in 1991 and the Belarus National Republic, the white-red-white flag (бел-чырвона-белы сцяг) and the Pahonya coat of arms. While the coat of arms are similar to that of Lithuania (Vytis), these were replaced by the current symbols in a 1995 referendum, which have been deemed reminiscent of the Soviet-era. President Lukashenko has introduced laws that force radio and television stations to show case a percentage of Belarusian talent daily, but it does not state the performance has to be in the Belarusian or Russian language.

There is no sex in Belarus.