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    • Carlita Hunts for Easter Eggs

    • Carlita Hunts for Easter Eggs

    • host community friends; celebrations; children

    • During Holy Week I did a culture exchange with my women's group in Pino Dulce, Guatemala. We dyed Easter eggs and hid them for the kids to find while I explained to them the history of this tradition in America. This photo shows kids searching...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Celebration

    • Easter Celebration

    • Host families; Celebrations

    • Easter celebration in Republica Moldova with my host family-- Luiba, her two sons Nicoli,Dema and grand daughter Luiba and grand son Demetra and great grand daughter Lubas. She is standing next to me and her eldest son Dema. They are a wonderful...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Egg Madness

    • Easter Egg Madness

    • Children; Host community friends; Ceremonies

    • This was taken on Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011 in Ohwa, Madolenihmw on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. I hosted an Easter Egg hunt for all the children who live on my compound. This is a picture of the children after...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Eggs

    • Easter Eggs

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in Guatemala, April 2011. Living with a host family isn't just a good way to get a little closer to those in the community, it's a great way to share American customs. Pictured is my husband, Kyle, and children in our host...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Eggs

    • Easter Eggs

    • Celebrations; Children

    • Taken in March 2010 in Bulgaria. This is Sevgi, and she is holding the two eggs she just dyed in preparation for Easter. Although the village is primarily Muslim, people there appreciate and sometimes participate in Christian holidays.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Feast

    • Easter Feast

    • Host families; Food and meals

    • I took this picture of my host family on Easter Day, 2004, in Sartichaala, Georgia. It's a tradition to have a feast in a cemetery on Easter. This was my third day in country and a wonderful introduction to Georgian customs.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter in Thailand

    • Easter in Thailand

    • Celebrations; Children

    • Following an Easter Egg Hunt in Thailand in April, 2011 -- the kids showed off the eggs they found! Eggs contained coins, candy and some Easter tattoos!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter in the Andes

    • Easter in the Andes

    • Children; Celebrations; Religion

    • This photo was taken in April of 2011 with the youngest kids from my local elementary school during an Easter egg hunt. In my community, high in the Andes mountains of Peru, Easter is not really celebrated, but, in an effort to get to know the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter in Ukraine

    • Easter in Ukraine

    • Celebrations

    • This is what the Easter baskets in Ukraine look like. You fill them with all kinds of food, including a special homemade bread called "Pasca."
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Lamb

    • Easter Lamb

    • food and meals; host community friends

    • It was as if I became an instant part of every family in my town. I first met this lady when the owner of the local veterinary pharmacy took me home with her to try the fat they had rendered from their hog, which she spread on a big piece of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Morning

    • Easter Morning

    • Religion; Celebrations; Food and meals

    • On Easter morning in the village of Stokopani, Ukraine, we got up at sunrise to have our eggs and bread blessed by a priest. This village was so small, there was no church -- people held holiday services at the local grocery store. Afterwards, we...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Sunday in Ukraine

    • Easter Sunday in Ukraine

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • People gather at the church at 4a.m. with baskets complete with traditional paska bread, a candle, and items from their garden and wait for the priest to bless everything.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Happy Easter

    • Happy Easter

    • Celebrations; Food and meals; Elders

    • A baba giving away dyed Easter eggs and kozunak, a traditional Easter sweet bread, to wish life, health, and luck.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Memorial Easter Celebration

    • Memorial Easter Celebration

    • Host families; Celebrations

    • My host father during the Memorial Easter celebration at the cemetery. During this celebration, people gather and put "gifts" on the graveside to honor their dead. It is a huge community event and amazing to experience the oneness of the "mahala."
    • Volunteer Photos

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