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    • Sacred Stones

    • Sacred Stones

    • Religion

    • The Mongolian skyline is peppered with round piles of stones called owoos, which serve as spiritual pilars. When you encounter an owoo, the respectful thing to do is bring a few pebbles from the bottom of the mountian, walk about the owoo three...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Picnic Song

    • Picnic Song

    • Music; Celebrations; Food and meals

    • Darkhan-Uul countryside, Mongolia. Mongolians friends on a picnic, singing and drinking into the evening as they wait for the freshly slaughtered sheep to boil. June, 2009
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Picnic Song

    • Picnic Song

    • Host community friends; Music; Food and meals

    • Waiting for freshly slaughtered sheep to boil, some community friends enjoy drinks and music in the Darkhan-uul Aimag countryside of Mongolia.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mother Tree

    • Mother Tree

    • Religion

    • The blind mother of one of my counter parts prays at the base of the sacred mother tree. Buddo-Shamanist Mongolian believers visit the holy tree, tie blue prayer scarves around the tree's branches, sprinkle dairy products on the ground and pray to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mother tree

    • Mother tree

    • Ceremonies

    • My counterparts blind grandmother paying her respects to the Mother Tree, a sacred site to Mongolia's shamanistic believers. Sukhbaatar, Mongolia. 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cold Winter

    • Cold Winter

    • Housing

    • I took this photo in December 2008, during the freezing cold -40 Celsius winter as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mongolia. I tanned a few sheep skins in order to add some warmth and cushion to my apartment's fold-out chairs.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Candle Lit

    • Candle Lit

    • Celebrations; Youth

    • A group of my 8th grade students staring into the flame of a candle during a Halloween party. The students were amazingly resourceful with their costumes and had a very enjoyable time.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bituun Celebration

    • Bituun Celebration

    • Host community friends; Celebrations; Food and meals

    • I took this photo with my host family during Bituun, the traditional moonless night before Lunar New Year 'Tsagaan Sar' holiday celbrated by Mongolian nationals. Family members get together, typically join in a feast comprised of a slaughtered...
    • 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

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