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    • Grandmothers

    • Grandmothers

    • Host community

    • The lady on the left was the owner of the house where I lived in Chung Mu City, now Tongyeong City. The other ladies were regulars for card playing and long naps on the porch. This photo was taken in the winter of 1976.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saemaeul Picnic

    • Saemaeul Picnic

    • Food and meals

    • This photo was taken in Tongyeong County in the spring of 1976. Government workers were encouraged to spend a day planting rice as part of the "New Village Movement" or Saemaeul. The program was designed to boost the economic developement of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mr. Joe

    • Mr. Joe

    • Food and meals

    • After planting rice at the annual Saemaul Volunteer Day, there was a picnic. This is a photo of Mr. Joe, my counterpart at the county health center in Tongyeong County, spring 1976. Makali was drunk out of a bowl, which when emptied was passed to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Bap Chip

    • The Bap Chip

    • Host community friends; food and meals

    • This picture was taken in Chung Mu City in July 1976. This is the "boarding house" house restaurant where the city and county workers who were living away from home came for their meals. It was run by a woman, her mother, three daughters and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cooking Fish

    • Cooking Fish

    • Cooking

    • This is a photo taken in Chung Mu City at the boarding house restaurant where I ate. This is the grandmother cooking fish over a fire of pressed coal (yan tan). As an american, I was provided a fried egg with my rice, vegetables, fish, and soup...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Laundry

    • Laundry

    • Host families; Clothing

    • This photo was taken of the grandmother who owned the house were I lived. Laundry was done by boiling the whites with lye soap and beating them on the rock at the cistern. If the grandmother and her friends were home when I was doing my laundry,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Kimchi

    • Making Kimchi

    • Cooking; Host community friends

    • This photo was taken in the boarding house restaurant where I took my meals with the other county and city workers who were living away from home in Chung Mu City. The restaurant was run by a woman, her mother, two daughters and young son. They...
    • Volunteer Photos

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