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    • Local Dance

    • Local Dance

    • Dance; Youth

    • Four teenage villagers are dancing for an audience at an event in Tsivangiana. Tsivangiana is located on the east coast of Madagascar. The photo was taken in 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing with Girls of Strength

    • Dancing with Girls of Strength

    • dance; youth development

    • In a village Cameoon, fifteen girls come together once a week for youth development activities. This photo captures me teaching the girls how to dance “The Electric Slide.” The group’s name, “Bikkoy Robe Beesembe,” means “Girls of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hokey Pokey

    • Hokey Pokey

    • dance; youth development

    • This images is of my fellow PCV and children in our host village of Agou, Togo in the summer of 2007. While on break during our first weeks of training, we joined in teaching the children one of our favorite pastime games, the Hokey Pokey.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS Dance Session

    • HIV/AIDS Dance Session

    • HIV/AIDS; Dance

    • This photo, taken at in Suriname on Jan 21, 2012, shows a community counterpart watching a HIV education play put on by a local womens group. This was the capstone event of a 3-day World AIDS Day event in the village.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Guanacaste Dance

    • Traditional Guanacaste Dance

    • Schools; Art

    • I painted this mural of a couple dancing, in traditional Guanacaste dress, on the exterior of the primary school in La Cruz de Abangares, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is part of a large mural project I led with the students consisting of cultural...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Seeing Through The Teeth

    • Seeing Through The Teeth

    • Traditional dress; Dance

    • A Nyau dancer of the Chewa tribe looks through the mouth of a mask as he performs at a local cultural ceremony. This photo was taken August 8, 2011 in Zambia. I booked the local village dancers to come for the first site visit I was hosting.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Garifuna cultural sharing

    • Garifuna cultural sharing

    • Celebrations; Dance; Music

    • The Garifuna are a resilient group of people who have held onto their culture, including language, music, and food in Belize, despite challenges. In this picture Garifuna people celebrate their heritage at their museum through a special dance and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dogon Dancer

    • Dogon Dancer

    • Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • Sangha, Mali taken on 12/28/2008. We took a three-day hike in Dogon country to celebrate Christmas. On the final day we were congratulated with this dance. The dance is traditionally done at a funeral, but Dogons perform it for tourists.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Bissa Can Dance!

    • The Bissa Can Dance!

    • Dance

    • I attended several dance performances in my village located in Central East Bukina Faso. Here, men perform a traditional Bissa dance by placing stones in dried leaves and wrapping them around their shins. As musicians sing and play, the dancers...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fiestas Patronales

    • Fiestas Patronales

    • Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • Every November the Catholic church in Cuisnahuat celebrates the Fiesta of San Lucas. Cuisnahuat is a traditional town where they still do dances with hand-carved masks to act out the story of San Lucas. These dancers are all me from the town and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Dance Like a Tuvaluan

    • Learning to Dance Like a Tuvaluan

    • Dance

    • The islanders loved it when we would at least try to do some of their favorite things, like dancing. They were always full of praise and laughter whenever we tried. They were always so very generous in all ways. At first we thought they partied...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing for the First Lady

    • Dancing for the First Lady

    • Dance; Dignitaries

    • After six months of dance class, my dance class and I had the opportunity to dance in front of a huge audience - including the then-First Lady Sandra Torres de Colóm and Minister of Health - at the launch of the social welfare program Mi Familia...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance Class in Guatemala

    • Dance Class in Guatemala

    • Dance; Teachers and students

    • For six months, I taught dance class after school for interested students in the urban area of my municipality. All the girls would get tired of the repetition of flamenco footwork, so to keep them motivated I ended dance class with freestyle...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance Lessons

    • Dance Lessons

    • Dance; Traditional dress

    • I took this picture of my wife while she was learning traditional dances with some local children. We are serving together in Costa Rica.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Smithsonian Festival

    • Smithsonian Festival

    • dance; traditional dress

    • What a rush - to perform on the stage of the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps. I was humbled by the talent of the group with whom I performed. Everyone of these young people, despite their...
    • Volunteer Photos

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