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- Angoni Ncwala Ceremony
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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
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- Custom Dance
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In this dance picture notice the traditional finery: The breast plate made of clam shell with turtle shell design, banana fiber loincloth, bark cloth attached to the arm bands, shell headbands with feathers, leg rattles made from seeds of a... - Volunteer Photos
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- Dance in Costa Rica
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The school kids in Costa Rica, 1981, taught me the national dance of Costa Rica. Since I didn't have the dress, they taught me the guy's part - so I got to have a mustache. Then I taught them square dancing to John Denver's music. - Volunteer Photos
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- My Cute Little Neighbor
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This is a photo of my 3-year old neighbor who is a cousin of my host siblings. She is wearing the traditional woven clothing typical of rural Mayan communities in Guatemala. - Volunteer Photos
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- Henna
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This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. These are my feet and the baby feet of Laure Garba. We both got traditional henna done to our feet for the Tabaski festival. - Volunteer Photos
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- Ncwala Ceremony
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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
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- Custom Dance
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Several times during the year the villages would celebrate a traditional event with custom dancing. The men would dress in their finest gear and dance around the dance circle to the beat of rattles tied to their ankles, dance sticks drumming the... - Volunteer Photos
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- Nyau Dancer
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This image was captured 26 March 2011 in Eastern Province, Zambia. The Chewa Tribesman shown here was participating in "Gule Wamkulu" (Big Dance). He paused momentarily during the choreography, allowing me to snap this photo, before bursting back... - Volunteer Photos
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- Nyau Dancer
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This image was captured 26 March 2011 in Eastern Province, Zambia. The Chewa Tribesman shown here was participating in "Gule Wamkulu" (Big Dance). - Volunteer Photos
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- Waiting for the Footballer
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I joined another Volunteer for her malaria and sports came on the border town of Ribaou. Each day as we walked to the the camp two women would sit soaking in the morning air and chatting away. She was neither wearing the green scarf nor the stern... - Volunteer Photos
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- Working in the Soy Field in Meri, Cameroon
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While serving in the village, Meri, in the Extreme North Region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in Village. To pass the time while we worked, the women would teach... - Volunteer Photos
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- Working during the harvest in Meri, Cameroon.
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While serving in the village, Meri, in the Extreme North Region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in Village. To pass the time while we worked, they would teach me... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Ain Leuh Cooperative
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The Ain Leuh Cooperative, rug weavers in the Middle Atlas mountains, with PCVs Jessica and Sharon after a training in July 2008. - Volunteer Photos
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- Ukrainian Children
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Ukrainian children in traditional fol outfits gather after performing in Lugansk, Ukraine. - Volunteer Photos
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- Gotchoo and the Snuff Bottle
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This man is a woodcarver and his name is Gotchoo. The little carved snuff bottle in his hand is one of the most beautifully carved objects I have ever seen-entirely covered with intricate and symbolic carvings. It is used in a little greeting... - Volunteer Photos
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- Puru Blaka
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This is an Ingi Puru Blaka, a traditional ceremony taking place in my village, Redi Doti, in Resortt Caroline, Para District, Suriname. The idea behind this ceremony is that while a family is in mourning following the death of a loved one, they... - Volunteer Photos
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- Lives: Chasing Money...or discovering life is not a cartoon
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Business Development - Volunteer Stories
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- Cartuchos
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Tome' esta fota de una mujer del pueblo llamado, Chica'man, en el departamento del Quiche. Ella estuvo caminado desde su casa en los alredodores del pueblo al centro para vender sus flores durante el dia del mercado. Los flores, se llaman... - Volunteer Photos
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- Welcoming Guests
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I took the time to welcome all the guests who made it to the opening ceremony of the Centre de Creativite d'Adeta in my village of Adeta, Togo, including the smallest ones. The ceremony dedicated the new center to the village of Adeta and was... - Volunteer Photos
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- Taking Pictures with Kids
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Volunteer Jo looks at pictures with host siblings in Morocco. May 2011. - Volunteer Photos
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