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    • Grand Mosque, Ramadan, Maroua Cameroon

    • Grand Mosque, Ramadan, Maroua Cameroon

    • religion; host community friends

    • Despite my own spirituality, I had the honor of being invited to attend the Grand Mosque in Maroua for Ramadan. Though there was a specific section for the women, I was permitted to take pictures and roam around. The entire scene was joyous,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mongolian Ovoo

    • Mongolian Ovoo

    • Religion; Statues and monuments

    • [adapted from Wikipedia] An ovoo is a type of shamanistic cairn found in Mongolia, usually made from rocks or from wood. Ovoos are often found at the top of mountains and in high places, like mountain passes. They serve mainly as religious sites,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coexisting: Hinduism and Buddhism

    • Coexisting: Hinduism and Buddhism

    • Religion; Architecture

    • I took this photo at Swayambunath in Kathmandu, Nepal. In the background is a Buddhist stupa, while the foreground shows smaller Hindu shrines. To me it represents the peaceful, beautiful combination of two major world religions in a single society.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fire Festival Boy

    • 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
    • The Baptism

    • The Baptism

    • Ceremonies; Religion; Traditional dress

    • I participated in many religious festivities in my predominantly Islamic community. On the seventh morning after a child’s birth, the baptism takes place where the infant is blessed and formally named. Here, my friend Kadi holds her newborn. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • White Sunday in Western Samoa

    • White Sunday in Western Samoa

    • Children; Religion; Celebrations

    • This photograph was taken on the island of Manono in Western Samoa in 1975, during my time as a Peace Corps Volunteer (1974-1977) in that country. My host family lived on Manono and I would try to visit them whenever I was able to get away, and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • St. John's Cathedral in Comrat, Gagauzia

    • St. John's Cathedral in Comrat, Gagauzia

    • Religion; Architecture

    • This photo is of St. John's Cathedral on Lenin Street in the center of Comrat the capital of Moldova's semi-autonomous region Gagauzia. This photo was taken August 2009. Gagauzia is a predominantly Russian-speaking part of Moldova and its Orthodox...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dungan Mosque

    • Dungan Mosque

    • Religion; Weather; Terrain

    • The Dungan Mosque in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan, built in the 1920s and still operating. Taken from my apartment window during a blizzard, winter 2007.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sahelian Mosque

    • Sahelian Mosque

    • Architecture; Religion

    • While reading a book, a boy leans against the side of a mosque in Larabanga, North Western Ghana. The town is known for this mud-built whitewashed Sahelian mosque, said to date from 1421. It is reputed to be Ghana's oldest mosque. The picture was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Temple

    • Temple

    • Architecture; Religion

    • Ben, a fellow trainee, took this picture of me in front of a temple across the street from my host family's house.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kreshenya!

    • Kreshenya!

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • A Russian tradition! This photo was taken on the Ishim River in Petropavlosk, Kazakhstan. It is a tradition that the lake be blessed in January and traditional dunks are taken. Here is Volunteer Nick Huber dunking three times to stay healthy all...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Harvest Blessings

    • Harvest Blessings

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • This is a photo of an Easter basket in Ukraine about to be blessed by the priest. Early in the morning on Easter Sunday, people gather at the church with a basket that includes a traditional Easter bread called "paska," with a candle in it, as well...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Sunday in Ukraine

    • Easter Sunday in Ukraine

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • People gather at the church at 4a.m. with baskets complete with traditional paska bread, a candle, and items from their garden and wait for the priest to bless everything.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tabaski Prayer Day

    • Tabaski Prayer Day

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • I took this photo during the village-wide prayer for Tabaski in 2006. Tabaski is a Muslim celebration in which a goat is normally sacrificed, and people all come to pray together. I came to pray with my family and it was an incredible experience to...
    • Volunteer Photos

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