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    • Traditional Dress

    • Traditional Dress

    • Traditional dress

    • Each year on Francophonie Day, our school celebrates the culture and customs of the various regions of Vanuatu by dressing in traditional costumes and doing traditional dances. This is a picture of me and my fellow teacher who were dressed in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting for the Boat

    • Waiting for the Boat

    • Transportation; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken in November 2012. Me and a few local Ni-Vans were waiting for a boat to take us across to another island to attend a church service. The 'Island Dress' is a traditional outfit worn by the local women.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • To The Market

    • To The Market

    • Traditional dress; Cross-cultural transition

    • A Yoruba lady on her way to market in Nigeria just after arriving for our tour in January 1964.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding Bliss

    • Wedding Bliss

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • The midwife at a local clinic celebrates on her wedding day in Burkina Faso. The bride is dancing with friends during a Muslim wedding celebration where friends stick money on her while singing and dancing. People all around are using technology...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance in Costa Rica

    • Dance in Costa Rica

    • Dance; Youth; Traditional dress

    • The school kids in Costa Rica, 1981, taught me the national dance of Costa Rica. Since I didn't have the dress, they taught me the guy's part - so I got to have a mustache. Then I taught them square dancing to John Denver's music.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Third goal: Islamic - Chistian celebration

    • Third goal: Islamic - Chistian celebration

    • Older Volunteers; Traditional dress; Diversity

    • My first Christmas back in America. I am wearing my teaching uniform from my Islamic High School in Indonesia. My grandchildren Talon, Kira & Arlo are wearing Muslim prayer caps and a jilbab for young girls. Grandma Oma Colleen Young is telling her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance Party

    • Dance Party

    • Dance; Celebrations; Food and meals; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken in May 2012. My village had a week long cultural week where all the villagers seperated themselves into the 6 provinces of Vanuatu and did culture/custom specific activities throughout the week. My group created a local food...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cultural Day at School

    • Cultural Day at School

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • I took this photo during the cultural day in 2004 at one of the schools I volunteered at in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was a wonderful celebration of their culture. Traditional clothes, food, dance and music made the day so special... for me and...
    • 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
    • Koutialakaw

    • Koutialakaw

    • Traditional dress

    • Koutialakaw means people from Koutiala (a city in the region of Sikasso) in Bambara, one of the languages in Mali, West Africa. Here we are dressed up in Malian clothes to go to the mosque.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Youth CAN Ukrainian Dress Day

    • Youth CAN Ukrainian Dress Day

    • Traditional dress

    • This was taken by my Ukrainian friend Alex at a two week long Youth CAN (Youth Community Action Network) conference in eastern Ukraine. The day's theme was "Ukrainian Pride" and the shirts you are seeing are called "serochkas" - national dress worn...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Adinka Cloth

    • Making Adinka Cloth

    • Traditional dress; teachers and students; Education

    • This Volunteer markets cloth and vegetable products, and also is setting up demonstration farms in the Ntonso area. Here he watches craftsmen make Adinka cloth. January, 1980
    • Agency Photos

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