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    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Youth; Traditional dress

    • I lived in an area that was the capital of the Yi nationality. Although many Yi women are seen wearing traditional dress, it is less common to see the men in traditional dress. That's part of why I was so impressed with this boy's clothing. He...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yi Baby

    • Yi Baby

    • Children

    • Most people don't know that China is home to 55 different "minority" groups. My Peace Corps site was in Xichang, Sichuan and was home to one of the largest groups, the Yi people. The Yi people have their own language that is still very much alive...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watermelon Nights

    • Watermelon Nights

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in my host family's apartment. I loved nights when they bought a watermelon. Everyone in the family, their neighbors and various other parties would squeeze together around the living room table to snack on the sweet summer...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walk With Me

    • Walk With Me

    • Architecture

    • This photo was taken during an evening stroll while on vacation in Yunnan, China. I happened to find this ally just behind a local temple in a big touristy section of town. I loved the juxtaposition and realness of it placed beside the "western"...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • View of the Lake and Farmers' Homes

    • View of the Lake and Farmers' Homes

    • Housing

    • Pig farmers lived in this brick house across from my apartment building. I heard the pigs squealing as they were killed. In the background is a modern white building in the city of Neijiang, across the river from our village near Neijiang Teachers'...
    • 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
    • The Odyssey

    • The Odyssey

    • Teachers and students; Drama

    • This photo shows a scene from the first English-language play (The Odyssey) ever to be directed by a foreigner at Lanzhou University. The performers are English major students.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Competitors

    • The Competitors

    • Celebrations

    • In this photo, my students competed in a mummy-wrapping competition during our Halloween party. These students are the competitors. October 29, 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Surviving the Earthquake

    • Surviving the Earthquake

    • Natural disasters; Housing; Host families; Celebrations

    • After the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, my surrogate family invited me see that their home survived and to celebrate the occasion.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Summer Girls of Wu Long

    • Summer Girls of Wu Long

    • Children

    • I took this photo during a summer project in Wu Long, the poorest corner of Chongqing Municipality, China. The girls were hanging out on a tennis judging stand outside the Wu Long Experimental Middle School teaching building where 17 of us were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Student Dorms

    • Student Dorms

    • Housing

    • This is one of the student dorms at Neijiang Teachers' College in 1998. The students lived eight to a room (with four bunk beds) and hung their laundry out to dry on their balconies.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Skip and Yi Grandma

    • Skip and Yi Grandma

    • Children; Elders

    • This photo was taken in August of 2010 during one of my return visits to my host community. I served just outside the town of Xichang, in Sichuan province, and the area has a sizeable population of Yi people (it's the capital of the Yi Liangshan...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Selling Vegetables with Mom

    • Selling Vegetables with Mom

    • Markets

    • Taken while visiting the ancient town of Zhong Shan, Chongqing Municipality, China, Sunday, March 27, 2011. The vegetables, including fiddlehead ferns, were gathered in the nearby countryside.
    • Volunteer Photos

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