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    • Ava Ceremony

    • Ava Ceremony

    • Ceremonies; Host community friends; Traditional dress; Volunteers

    • Peace Corps Volunteers Aaron Cook and Cale Reeves participate in the welcome Ava Ceremony for new Peace Corps Country Director Dale Withington. 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ava Ceremony

    • Ava Ceremony

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress; Ceremonies

    • This photo was taken at St Joseph’s College in Alafua, Samoa in 2004. The Samoans take great pride in the fact that they have maintained a rich cultural heritage in the face of many adversities. These students at St Joseph’s College are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Azamat

    • Azamat

    • Traditional dress; Children; Animals

    • This picture was taken in Kyrgyz Republic in June 2011. Here, young Azamat (whose name means ‘excellent’ in English) shows off his donkey. Three current Volunteers and one RPCV spent the evening with Azamat’s family at their summer yurt near...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Balafon at the Cinquantenaire

    • Balafon at the Cinquantenaire

    • music; children; traditional dress

    • I took this photo at Peace Corps Guinea's 50th Anniversary celebration in Conakry, Guinea, on April 21, 2011. The performers are from a new primary school established by UNICEF in Dubreka to maintain the cultural traditions of music, dance &...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Beautiful Kazakh Hats

    • Beautiful Kazakh Hats

    • Traditional dress

    • Kazakhstan has many beautiful things. One that stands out in particular are the costumes that are traditionally worn. Here is a picture of Kazakhstani National Hats that are traditionally worn while girls are dancing. They're beautifully...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Beauty Pageant

    • Beauty Pageant

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • A Mongolian woman, wearing a traditional Mongolian headdress, participates in the Darkhan Nursing College's beauty pageant.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Becoming Queen Mother of Development

    • Becoming Queen Mother of Development

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • This is a photo taken in January of 2009. The community of Likpe Todome in the Volta Region of Ghana is bestowing an honor upon their Peace Corps volunteer, Leanne Polachek. They are making her the honorary Likpe Todome Queen Mother of Development.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bibi and her Grand kid

    • Bibi and her Grand kid

    • traditional dress; celebrations; elders

    • This photo was taken at a Masai celebration outside of Kibaya, Tanzania. This shy grandmom puased for a split second to have her picture taken. This was taken on August 8th 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bracelets Anyone?

    • Bracelets Anyone?

    • traditional dress; artisans

    • While in Djenne, Mali, I came across this bracelet vendor during the town’s market day. She was more than happy to have her photograph taken! Taken August 1, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Brew On

    • Brew On

    • Host families; housing; traditional dress

    • This photo was taken in November 2009 in the village of Semaga, Burkina Faso. 2009 was a year of major floods in Burkina Faso and the photo shows a Burkinabe woman, Kiyambwe, tending to the millet beer amongst a dilapidated and flood-wrecked house.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cartuchos

    • Cartuchos

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • 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
    • Children in a Manyatta

    • Children in a Manyatta

    • Traditional dress; Children; housing

    • Manyattas are small clusters of thatch and mud homes that are out in the desert outside Marsabit, Kenya. This photo, taken in July of 2011, shows a few children who are curious about me waiting to greet me as I walk home from school.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chiseru

    • Chiseru

    • Traditional dress

    • Second-year health Volunteer in Malawi, Ashleigh, models one of the several uses for a chitenje in Lake Malawi off of Cape Maclear in April 24, 2011. A chitenje is a two meter piece of fabric used in the ‘Warm Heart of Africa’ and other...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chitenje

    • Chitenje

    • Traditional dress

    • Second year health Volunteer in Malawi, Chloe, models one of the several uses for a chitenje in Lake Malawi off of Cape Maclear in April 24, 2011. A chitenje is a two meter piece of fabric used in the ‘Warm Heart of Africa’ and other countries...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chris George, Sultanate of Oman

    • Chris George, Sultanate of Oman

    • Traditional dress; ceremonies

    • This photograph of Chris (on the left against the back wall) meeting with Omanis was taken by a Volunteer while on a field trip in Oman. Also in the photo is Abdulla from 1977-79. Three men were Peace Corps Volunteers with the Department of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chris's Ordination Ceremony

    • Chris's Ordination Ceremony

    • Weddings; Religion; Traditional dress

    • My fiance, Chris, and I met while serving in Thailand as Teacher Collaboration and Community Outreach Volunteers from 2008-2010. While in the Peace Corps, Chris began studying Buddhism & meditation at a local temple and ordained as a monk during a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coming!

    • Coming!

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress

    • 2007 Botswana - I was in Seronga to help with a district affair. I was decorating the Kgolta when I captured this photograph of community members on their way to the event.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Burial

    • Community Burial

    • funerals; traditional dress

    • Trainees witness the burial of Danielle's (second from right) host father in February 2011 in South Africa. There were more than a thousand people at the funeral because the deceased was a distinguished member of the community and closely related...
    • Volunteer Photos

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