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    • Deyed Marozh/ Santa Claus

    • Deyed Marozh/ Santa Claus
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    • The largest common celebration of the former Soviet Eastern Europe is the New Year. The New Year is ushered in by Deyed Marozh or Grandfather Frost, who looks a lot like Santa Claus, and whose purpose is to bring happiness and hope for the new...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Noogies

    • Noogies
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    • Here I am teaching a true American tradition of noogies to one of my little gullible friends! Noogie, noogie, noogie!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Papaya!

    • Papaya!
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    • In the summer of 2006, I joined some of the teachers at the YWCA in Belize City (where I was a Volunteer) in taking a group of 50 children to a papaya farm in the northern part of Belize. This trip was part of the Community Development programs...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Supra Time!

    • Supra Time!
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    • This impressive spread was for the birthday party of a 12-year-old girl in Kutaisi, Georgia. Georgian feasts, or supras, are not rare, though this table is especially elaborate. It's important to note that only half of the dishes are on the table...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Browsing for Stalin

    • Browsing for Stalin
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    • A volunteer (Seth, on the right) and a salesman peruse the selection of Soviet medals and memorabilia. Many Georgians sell their USSR wares on the sidewalks of Tbilisi, and renditions of Stalin abound-- naturally, since he was Georgian.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fork in the Mtkvari

    • Fork in the Mtkvari
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    • This is the view from Jvari, a 6th century monastery near Tbilisi, Georgia. From a hilltop, it overlooks the conjunction of the Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers, and you can see the smattering of low buildings on the right, which is the ancient town of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chilly English Class

    • Chilly English Class
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    • These 7th-grade students in Samtredia, Georgia are working on their English assignments in full winter gear. We had a small wood heater in our classroom, which was more than what the other classrooms had, but often the heat was not enough to warm...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Caught Red-Handed

    • Caught Red-Handed

    • Host Family

    • Georgian weddings are often attended by 200+ guests and last for two days. This requires neighborhood-wide coordination to prepare the piles of food needed for each celebration. In this picture taken in Samtredia, my host relatives and neighbors...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coexisting: Hinduism and Buddhism

    • Coexisting: Hinduism and Buddhism
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    • 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
    • Omazera Wedding

    • Omazera Wedding
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    • 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
    • The Art of Silk Weaving

    • The Art of Silk Weaving
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    • I took this photo during one of my visits to a silk weaving group in my community. I was located in a subdistrict of 13 villages. Almost every house in every village had a weaving loom -all day you would hear the wood hitting the loom to make the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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