This photo was taken at a 4th of July party in Kazakhstan. Married Peace Corps Volunteers, Melissa and Matt belted their hearts out to adoring fans singing traditional American songs.
Diwali is the festival of lights, and each year Guyanese decorate their houses with hundreds of small votive like candles and sparklers. This picture is of myself and my neighbor during Diwali celebrations in 2010.
Samburu women from a Volunteer's site in Kenya were selected to participate in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC, where they demonstrated the traditional art of weaving camel's milk baskets. While there, they watched a 4th of July...