Celebrations; Ceremonies; Weddings; Host community friends
Between my friend Lyuba's wedding ceremony and the wedding reception we drove a few miles out into the steppe surrounding the city of Karaganda and tied a red ribbon to a pole. The red ribbon symbolizes anger and unpleasantness, which the newlyweds...
Children; Youth; Traditional dress; Dance; Celebrations
Niueans love their fiafias (parties, celebrations.) The kids from my village, Avatele, are dressed here for their dance performance for a village celebration. I think this particular one was celebrating the accomplishments of 2 Avatele villagers-...
Celebrations; Women's movement; Food and meals; International Women's Day
International Women's Day Celebration in Niue, South Pacific in 2000. The women gathered to show their crafts, watch and perform in dances and songs and of course, eat delicious Niuean food! This was the buffet table - as colorful as the women...
This is a photo I took before Eid-il-Fitur, a national holiday in which men travel to an open field to buy cows to slaughter for the celebration. Taken in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh in January 2006.
This was the last dinner I had with my host family before I left training. This is in the city of Chernigov--my host mother is the blond woman at the far left. The person sitting next to me is another Peace Corps Volunteer with her host mother. I...
Several Albanian Volunteers sitting on the remains of a Roman colosseum in Apollonia. They came from all over the country to celebrate another PCV's birthday.
Pictured are Volunteers from Group 11 serving Albania from 2008 through 2010. One of the Community and Organizational Development Volunteers worked closely with Birra Korca to demonstrate marketing and branding strategies to university students....
Celebrating the local mardi gras preceding the time of Lent, Albanians in this northern city festively dress up in famously ornate costumes. This photo was taken after a fresh snowfall along the newly revamped tourist avenue (2009).
“Peace Corps 25th Anniversary Celebration at the University of Michigan Rackham Amphitheater. An International Symposium, America’s role in Africa’s development: Past and Future Oct. 7-8 1985 - Ann Arbor, Michigan.” (11x17)