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    • Teachers' Day Festivities

    • Teachers' Day Festivities

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • Celebrating a hard fought but entertaining win at the Teachers' Day Games between the Teachers and the students at the Kharkiv Gymnasium, Kharkiv Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fiestas Patronales

    • Fiestas Patronales

    • Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • Every November the Catholic church in Cuisnahuat celebrates the Fiesta of San Lucas. Cuisnahuat is a traditional town where they still do dances with hand-carved masks to act out the story of San Lucas. These dancers are all me from the town and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lisa in Guinea on Ramadan

    • Lisa in Guinea on Ramadan

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations; Host families

    • This picture was taken by my host sister in my village of Dinguiraye, Haute Guinea on the last day of Ramadan in 2008. It shows my host mom, "Mama Kadi" in her finest celebration clothes, and myself wearing a "bazin complet" dress and a veil that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Kichwa Dancer

    • Young Kichwa Dancer

    • Children; Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken on May 23, 2009 at a dance competition in Ecuador. Traditional Kichwa dances are performed at every public event in the Napo province and troupes are composed children of all ages. The dance steps describe traditional...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan

    • Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs; Schools; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in November 2009 shortly after I arrived at my site in Kazakhstan. This was one of the first English Clubs I held in the local Kazakh school. The photo shows myself and the children, and their completed Thanksgiving turkeys...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kadou Festival Bole

    • Kadou Festival Bole

    • Celebrations; Music

    • Kadou Festival celebrate primarily in the western corner of the Northern Region of Ghana as well as the bordering area in Cote d'Ivoure by Muslims to mark the coming end of Ramadan which occurs three days later. Originally done as a courting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Happy Unbirthday

    • Happy Unbirthday

    • Celebrations; Training groups

    • PCTs in my training cluster wanted to celebrate everyone's birthday together, but knowing we would not be able to attend everyone's real birthday, we celebrated one "unbirthday" each week of PST.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Halloween Nicaragua-style

    • Halloween Nicaragua-style

    • Celebrations; Host community

    • With a rural youth group we dressed up for Halloween. The kids made homemade costumes and we watched "Monsters Inc." and bobbed for apples. Here I am with the youth in their costumes. It was their first Halloween, but I'm sure we will celebrate...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Halloween Monster Mash

    • Halloween Monster Mash

    • Celebrations; Teachers and students; Schools

    • This picture was taken the friday before Halloween, in my third grade English class in Armenia. I shared with the children the halloween tradition by having them make jack-o-lanterns at home with their family. Then, on the day of the Halloween...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Christmas in Madagascar

    • Christmas in Madagascar

    • Celebrations; Host community friends

    • This picture was taken in my village in Madgascar: Antsampanimahazo. I am standing with my best friend (Jeannine), and her daughter (Santatra), besides her Christmas tree that we just decorated. This picture was taken in December of 2006.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukrainian Welcome Bread

    • Ukrainian Welcome Bread

    • Celebrations; Food and meals; Pre-service Training (PST)

    • Peace Corps Ukraine Group 39 arrived in Ukraine and was welcomed with traditional bread, dipped in salt. In this picture, trainees are dipping their pieces of the bread in salt.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fans at the Africa Cup Finals

    • Fans at the Africa Cup Finals

    • Celebrations; Sports

    • In 2007, the Uganda Cranes soccer team made it to the Africa Cup Finals. This match is against Niger, in the Nelson Mandela Stadium, outside Kampala. The stadium was packed with fans, who decorated themselves with body paint, pins, ribbons & hats...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sipi Falls in the Morning Mist

    • Sipi Falls in the Morning Mist

    • Celebrations

    • Sipi Falls is considered the most beautiful of the many waterfalls in Uganda. I took the photo early in the morning in October 2007. Peace Corps Uganda has a special tradition called Goatstock, where all of the volunteers gather at a national park...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cande's Family and Me

    • Cande's Family and Me

    • Celebrations; Counterparts; Host community friends

    • Cande, my counterpart and best friend in the community, her mother, two daughers and I share a laugh during one of my many despedidas (going away parties) that she held for me.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Todos Santos Horse Race Gone Bad

    • Todos Santos Horse Race Gone Bad

    • Celebrations; Animals;

    • Riders take a dangerous fall during the Todos Santos Feria in the Western highlands of Guatemala. Todos Santos Cuchumatan hosts a horse race every Nov. 1 (All Saints Day). The riders and horses are typically intoxicated as they ride back and forth...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2010

    • World AIDS Day 2010

    • Celebrations; HIV/AIDS

    • This was a World AIDS Day March that I organized along with New Life Organization in Grenville, Grenada. We distributed information about HIV and AIDS, a list of places that provide free testing and counseling, and red awareness ribbons.
    • 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
    • Bee Girls Love Ukrainian Honey

    • Bee Girls Love Ukrainian Honey

    • Celebrations; Children

    • Young Ukrainian song-and-dance group get ready to perform at a Summer Festival, to celebrate the region's fine Ukrainian honey. Honey producers had put together an extensive display of honey and its health merits, as well as mead, beeswax, royal...
    • 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

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