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- Samburu Moran, Easter
- Celebrations; Ceremonies; Religion
- This is a photo portrait taken of a L 'Moran warrior north of Archer's Post (north of Isiolo, Kenya) when I visited a friends mother's traditional Samburu manyatta campsite over the Easter Holiday. 1986
- Volunteer Photos
- Awards
- Ceremonies; Agriculture
- This photo was taken in Jabalpur, MP, India in 1969. Indian farmers received numerous awards for thier outstanding agriculture and poultry farms. I was thier friend, poultry outreach worker and camera owner. They were very pleased with the ceremony...
- Volunteer Photos
- Living with the Pinatubo Aetas
- Ceremonies; Culture shock and adaptation; Folklore; Natural disasters; Traditional medicine
- Volunteer Stories
- Angoni Ncwala Ceremony
- Ceremonies; Traditional dress
- This is a member of the Angoni tribe in Zambia. This was taken at the annual harvest ceremony for the Angoni tribe. The ceremony takes place in February or March every year.
- Volunteer Photos
- Ncwala Ceremony
- Traditional dress; Ceremonies
- This is Ncwala Ceremony, an Angoni harvest ceremony in Zambia. It is an annual ceremony held by the Angoni tribe in February or March.
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1991
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1991.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification, Fiscal Year 2004
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 2004.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Mongolia: Tsagaan Sar and Ice Festival
- Celebrations; Climate
- Volunteer Stories
- Swearing In
- Swearing-in ceremonies
- Swearing in ceremony August 31, 1995 at the Ambassador's Residence. Ambassador Jennone Walker is in first row third from left.
- Volunteer Photos
- Our Instructors at the Swearing-in Ceremony
- Swearing-in ceremonies
- Swearing in ceremony, August 31, 1995 at the Ambassador's Residence in Prague. Pictured are our Czech instructors.
- Volunteer Photos
- Class of 1997
- Swearing-in ceremonies
- After three grueliing months of training we finally arrived at the graduation ceramony in Slovakia. Nelson Chase, Country Director, was at the podium congratulating us for accomplishing our first step. As I remember, no one had left our class at...
- Volunteer Photos
- Herero Funeral
- Funerals; Ceremonies; Traditional dress
- At a funeral in a rural village in Namibia, four women from the Herero tribe show their sympathy by gathering outside the home of the person who has passed away. The women are wearing traditional Herero dress (derived from the Victorian dresses of...
- Volunteer Photos
- Fire Jumper, Dominica
- Ceremonies
- Tewe Vaval ceremony as celebrated by the native Kalinago tribe to mark the end of "King Carnival". A colorful cardboard coffin effigy of the "King" is slowly paraded up and down the streets in Kalanago territory to the sound of repeated chants,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Tribal Chief
- Traditional dress; Elders; Ceremonies
- One of the region's tribal chiefs and his court.
- Volunteer Photos
- During The Coronation of George Tupou V
- Ceremonies; Celebrations; Teachers and students
- The Photo was taken August 1, 2008 during the coronation of George Tupou V as King of Tonga, looking from Centennial church (where the coronation was held) towards the Royal Palace. The road is lined with Tapa cloth and girls from Queen Salote...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Coronation Feast of King George Tupou V
- Ceremonies; Celebrations; Traditional dress
- This photo was taken August 1, 2008 on the grounds of the Tongan Royal Palace in Nuku'Alofa at the Coronation feast. The photo is of Princess Pilolevu's daughter (little girl) about to enter the feast tent to perform the ta'olunga for her uncle,...
- Volunteer Photos
- President Kwame Nkrumah at Achimota, Ghana
- Ceremonies; Dignitaries
- I took this photo in late August or early September 1963 outside the chapel at Achimota School, Accra, Ghana, during my assignment as a secondary school teacher there. President Kwame Nkrumah was present for the official memorial service for...
- Volunteer Photos
- Prize Ceremony at G.H.S. Ntumbaw
- Ceremonies; Schools; Teachers and students
- Each year since my Peace Corps service we assist through Educare-Africa many students with basic school supplies which we give to the best three in every class in 2-3 schools. This photograph was taken in 2008 during the prize giving ceremony at...
- Volunteer Photos
- Fire Festival Boy
- Ceremonies; Traditional dress; Religion
- The boy in the picture is celebrating the fire festival in a village surrounding Tamale, the Northern Regional capital of Ghana. The fire festival (Bugum) is observed by Muslims here to mark the landing of prophet Noah's Ark after the flood. It is...
- Volunteer Photos
- Swearing-In Day
- Swearing-in ceremonies
- This is taken in front of the American Embassy in Port Morseby just after Jean was sworn-in. Clayton was sworn-in 10 days earlier with the rest of the cohort. Jean's security clearance was delayed - Jean received an individual swearing in from the...
- Volunteer Photos