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    • Omazera Wedding

    • Omazera Wedding

    • Celebrations; Weddings; Traditional Dress

    • In Herero tradition, weddings are week-long (or longer) events. Throughout the duration of the festivities, the bride is kept hidden inside a house on the homestead, her face hidden beneath a veil. On the last day of the celebration, the female...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Second Wedding

    • Second Wedding

    • Children; Host community; Weddings

    • A bride and groom kneel before a priest in the family's nahs (meeting house). The groom was previosly married to the bride's sister who had recently passed away. This marriage was arranged and encouraged by all the extended family to keep the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Bride Brings Luck to Unmarried Women

    • New Bride Brings Luck to Unmarried Women

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Dance

    • This picture was taken in September 2007 at the wedding of my neighbors Zenick and Marta in Zhovkva, a small town in Western Ukraine. After the church and town hall ceremonies, the couple threw an elaborate reception complete with dinner and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Breaking Bread

    • Breaking Bread

    • Weddings; Celebrations

    • A traditional part of a Macedonian wedding ceremony involves breaking a "bread of health" over the bride's head. They hold a cloth in between the bride's head and the bread so that no bread ends up in her hair! My girlfriends, both Macedonian and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding Convoy

    • Wedding Convoy

    • Weddings

    • A traditional Macedonian wedding takes place in several different places, so its necessary to have transportation between the locations. Often times, the leading car which usually holds the wedding party, will fly the national flag out the window....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • dancing the Oro

    • dancing the Oro

    • Weddings; Dance

    • Dancing is a big part of Macedonian weddings. Everyone knows the traditional dances and dances them all night long. Even as an American, I was expected to not only know these dances, but expected to lead them as I was the bride!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Quiche Wedding 2005

    • Quiche Wedding 2005

    • Weddings

    • This photograph was taken at the wedding of Peace Corps Volunteer, Terese Maineri (Rural Youth at Risk 2003-2005) to Mateo Velasquez Lopez. The couple will be celebrating their 7th year anniversary on July 30, 2012.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sao Nicolau Love

    • Sao Nicolau Love

    • Celebrations; Weddings

    • I'm submitting this photo in honor of Valentine's Day approaching, and it shows my husband and I overlooking his beautiful hometown where I served my time in the Peace Corps. I met my husband in late 2004 when I was volunteering in Sao Nicolau,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sierra Leone 1987 Leon and Regina

    • Sierra Leone 1987 Leon and Regina

    • Weddings

    • This photo was taken in the village of Katta on the coast of Sierra Leone where a crowd had gathered to see the washed up body of a large manatee. In the picture are Leon Poeske and Regina White who met as Volunteers and have been married now for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Romania Wedding

    • A Romania Wedding

    • Weddings; Religion

    • My counterpart married in February 2008. After the civil ceremony in town hall, the procession moved to the Orthodox church - unheated in the chilly Transylvanian winter. Then came a 200-person party that lasted until sunrise.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gift Procession at Wedding

    • Gift Procession at Wedding

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Crafts

    • This photo was taken during the gift procession at the wedding of my host sister Momon, at Ranvertlam village on the north of Ambrym Island in the country of Vanuatu. Guests lie their gifts in a pile and go and shake hands and cry with the newly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dressed Up for a Wedding

    • Dressed Up for a Wedding

    • Weddings; Host families

    • I took this picture of my homologue and her sisters during the youngest sisters wedding. This was in my first 3 months at site and it was amazing to meet and feel so accepted bu all of her family. In Mali weddings are a very big especially for the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Karaganda Wedding Party

    • Karaganda Wedding Party

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies; Weddings; Host community friends

    • I was honored when my friend Lyuba asked me to be the maid of honor at her wedding in October, 1994. This photo shows the newlyweds in the center with the best man on the left and me on the right.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding

    • Wedding

    • Weddings

    • To the best of my knowledge, I was the first Volunteer in the Baltic Countries to marry a foreign national. This is a photo of my wife, Ausra (nee Zatorskyte) Hawkridge, my step-son, Raulis Petronis and me (Arthur D. Hawkridge). Ausra and I wore...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kurdish Wedding

    • Kurdish Wedding

    • Weddings; Music; Dance

    • Taken in October 1969 in Kangavar, Iran, this picture was taken at the wedding of my housekeeper's 17 year old son. Prior to the wedding, the bridegroom, family and friends dance through the alleys to music by a reed horn player and drummer.
    • Volunteer Photos

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