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    • Facial Study of a Campesino Coop Member

    • Facial Study of a Campesino Coop Member

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress; Business development

    • Facial study of a Campesino member of a Rio Lindo, Honduras, Savings and Loan Coop in a perplexed moment at a committee meeting. Taken during a photo tour of Peace Corps Volunteer projects in the area. April, 1969.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Active Audience

    • Active Audience

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations; Elders

    • This photo was taken at a Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, southern Ukraine in 2009. Many choruses participated, as well as an appreciative audience member! (Note the stance of one of the organizers in the background. She did not seem to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Russian Festival

    • Russian Festival

    • Celebrations; Traditional Dress; Art

    • This was taken during a community Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, southern Ukraine. Many choruses participated - all with colorful costumes! This is a renowned wine-growing region, which is why a big bunch of grapes is featured as part of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women's Chorus in Vilkova, Ukraine

    • Women's Chorus in Vilkova, Ukraine

    • Art; Traditional Dress; Celebrations

    • One of the many women's choruses at a Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, Ukraine, 2009. This region of southern Ukraine was formerly called Bessarabia, and I have been told that there are more than 30 ethnic groups or cultures in Odessa...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Year's in the Kyrgyz Republic

    • New Year's in the Kyrgyz Republic

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • This photo of me and two of my best tenth form students was taken at my school's Janga Jil or New Year's celebration in Tashkomur Town, the Kyrgyz Republic. Janga Jil is one of the biggest holidays celebrated there. Everyone dresses up and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kukeri in Shiroka Laka

    • Kukeri in Shiroka Laka

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • Kukeri is traditional dress worn by Bulgarians to scare away evil spirits. This photo was taken in Shiroka Laka in January or February, 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Two Little Boys at Tsgaan Sar

    • Two Little Boys at Tsgaan Sar

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • I was visiting Mongolian friends at Tsgaan Sar, the celebration of the lunar new year. Everyone gets dressed up in their best--and these two boys were no exception. The expressions on their faces are so clear--confidence on the face of the boy on...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Husband and Wife at Tsgaan Sar

    • Husband and Wife at Tsgaan Sar

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • This couple in traditional Mongolian garb are relatives of my host family and we have just been visiting them during Tsgaan Sar in February 2009. Tsgaan Sar means white month celebrating Buddhist lunar new year.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gotchoo and the Snuff Bottle

    • Gotchoo and the Snuff Bottle

    • Elders; Traditional dress; Artisans; Crafts

    • 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
    • A Family Gained

    • A Family Gained

    • Host families; Traditional dress

    • This is my family, they took care of me my entire two years of service. I love them as my own family. This picture was taken on my last Sunday at site, we are all dressed from church and preparing to eat the feast the family cooked in my honor.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dia Cultural

    • Dia Cultural

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations; Children

    • I took this photo on July 20th, 2008, in Concepcion del Sur, Santa Barbara, Honduras. This date marks the Dia de Lempira in Honduras, when the nation celebrates their cultural history and honors Chief Lempira, a Lencan warrior who unified hundreds...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Little Jacquelin

    • Little Jacquelin

    • Children; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken in San Francisco la Union, Guatemala in 2009 when I was serving as health volunteer. This is my neighbor on her roof. I went over and they dressed me up in the indigenous clothing "traje" to take pictures. Little Jacquelin...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Henna

    • Henna

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • 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
    • Cultural Exchange in Thailand

    • Cultural Exchange in Thailand

    • Traditional dress; Dance; Celebrations

    • I took this photo shortly before the cultural show that Peace Corps volunteers put on to celebrate the completion of our PST on April 1, 2008 in Singburi, Thailand. Thai teachers are helping a Volunteer from Texas prepare for a traditional Northern...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women's Custom Dance

    • Women's Custom Dance

    • Traditional dress; Dance

    • The women of the village Nereingman, Mota Lava, presented a custom dance during a cultural celebration. Unfortunately, the dance had to take place inside the village meeting house when it started raining. The leader of the group's name is Marian,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • With Great Friends

    • With Great Friends

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • Here, we are with the family who lived next door to Kelly. They gave us those beautiful clothes before we left our service.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Moroccan Wedding

    • My Moroccan Wedding

    • Weddings; Traditional dress

    • This is a photo of my wedding ceremony in Morocco in 1996 during my second year of service. I married my Arabic tutor. The photo shows the completed henna design and a traditional Moroccan wedding dress. The wedding took place at my...
    • 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

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