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    • The Meeting of Spring

    • The Meeting of Spring

    • Host families; Celebrations

    • On March, 6th 2010 a small village in Ukraine celebrated it's annual Meeting of Spring or Зустріч Весна. The subjects in this photo are Olexi, his daughter and Laryssa. As neighbors, they and others on their street created a float and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The monster mash

    • The monster mash

    • Celebrations; Children; Crafts

    • This picture was taken at my school in Armenia on October 31st 2010. This was the first time the Armenian students had ever heard of Halloween and celebrated it. In the picture they are holding up pictures of monsters they that they made and are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Past Moves in the Moment

    • The Past Moves in the Moment

    • Host community friends; Celebrations

    • This is a family photo of my neighbors as younger parents--now, their daughters are adults with their own children. The father was a former Communist Party official in Uman who is now a pensioner. This picture was taken on the night of Christmas...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Third Wise Man: Pase del Niño

    • The Third Wise Man: Pase del Niño

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies

    • I took this photo on December 19th, 2008 in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. A local boy's mother is preparing him for the parade of the traveling child (niño viajero) through the city of Cuenca. The main parade in Cuenca takes place in the week...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Waiting Room

    • The Waiting Room

    • Pre-service Training (PST); Celebrations

    • This is a photo taken on April 4, 2007, the day our group of Peace Corps trainees became the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to serve in Cambodia. We were placed in the backroom of a hall on the campus of the National Institute of Education...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tiky's Birthday Party

    • Tiky's Birthday Party

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • This is a photo of Tiky, my dog, with the children of Zacapa, Guatemala on his birthday in November 2002. Tiky and I had been living in Zacapa for almost nine months. After biting a child who had come into our backyard while I was away, Tiky had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Timket Service

    • Timket Service

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • Orthodox priests line up and chant during the Timket (Epiphany Celebration) Service on Jan. 19, 2013 in Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar is a large pilgrimage site for Epiphany, and the service includes the blessing of holy water at Fasilides Baths, unique...
    • 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
    • Tongan Spiderman

    • Tongan Spiderman

    • Children; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken April 29, 2011 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga. It was a Rotary Club Children's Fair and Peace Corps Volunteers were more than happy to help. I was working the Bouncy Castle and this little guy came to jump and slide after getting a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Total Solar Eclipse

    • Total Solar Eclipse

    • Celebrations

    • This is a photo of Very Reverend S.L. Addo Donkoh, the headmaster of my school, Akuse Methodist Secondary Technical School (AMEST). The photograph was taken on the morning of 29 March 2006, just before a total solar eclipse passed through Ghana...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Clothing

    • Traditional Clothing

    • Youth; Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • I took this photo during the celebration of Namibia's independence. Independence came to Namibia on March 21, 1990. I was visiting a fellow Peace Corps volunteer (she's my wife today). The picture is of a few students wearing traditional Nama...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional School Girl Dance

    • Traditional School Girl Dance

    • Celebrations; Dance; Teachers and students; Youth

    • While visiting my colleagues in Rajshahi we visited this High School (grades 6 - 10) to help one of the English Teachers. The girls and headmistress were so happy they took time before leaving for the afternoon break to give us a demonstration of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trick or Treat!

    • Trick or Treat!

    • Celebrations

    • About mid-way through pre-service training was Halloween. A lot of people in our group really loved the holiday, and we knew we wanted to celebrate it with Macedonians in country. We decided to each go as a US holiday, including: Valentines Day,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trick-or-Treat

    • Trick-or-Treat

    • teachers and students; celebrations

    • My roommate and I were asked to do a "small" presentation at the local high school on what Halloween is. We were only expecting a few students and we would do a quick run through of why we dress up and get candy. Little did we know we would have an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tuareg Camel Riders

    • Tuareg Camel Riders

    • Celebrations; Animals

    • The Tuareg camel riders completed the 1967 Independence Day Parade in Niger. The Tuareg are the desert people of Northern Niger. The camels are sensitive to humidity and are limited to desert conditions. This is about 15.3 degrees latitude, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Two Little Boys at Tsgaan Sar

    • Two Little Boys at Tsgaan Sar

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • I was visiting Mongolian friends at Tsgaan Sar, the celebration of the lunar new year. Everyone gets dressed up in their best--and these two boys were no exception. The expressions on their faces are so clear--confidence on the face of the boy on...
    • Volunteer Photos

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