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- Peace Corps Congressional Budget Presentation, Fiscal Year 2003
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Budget; Congress -
Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 2003. - Congressional and Legislative Materials
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- Czech Festival
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Celebrations -
Festival in Tabor, 1995. - Volunteer Photos
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- Mongolia: Tsagaan Sar and Ice Festival
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Celebrations; Climate - Volunteer Stories
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- Feok Festival
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Celebrations; Host community friends -
This was taken at the annual Feok Festival in Sandema, UER, Ghana - 2002. It is the harvest celebration and also the celebration of the Builsa people fighting off the slave raider Babatu. The Builsas are a proud people as you can see from the... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Inspiration to Act: a Peace Corps Story in Morocco
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Peace Corps response (Crisis Corps); Career - Volunteer Stories
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- Fire Festival Boy
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Ceremonies; Traditional dress; Religion -
The boy in the picture is celebrating the fire festival in a village surrounding Tamale, the Northern Regional capital of Ghana. The fire festival (Bugum) is observed by Muslims here to mark the landing of prophet Noah's Ark after the flood. It is... - Volunteer Photos
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- Dragon Boat Festival
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Teachers and students; Camps and clubs -
This was taken at XingLong Mountain during Dragon Boat Festival near Lanzhou, China. This was the first excursion the Women's Salon (English conversation and empowerment group) took together. - Volunteer Photos
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- Kite festival, San Luis Cristobal, Guatemala
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Kite festival, San Luis Cristobal, Guatemala. - Volunteer Photos
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- Russian Festival
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Celebrations; Traditional Dress; Art -
This was taken during a community Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, southern Ukraine. Many choruses participated - all with colorful costumes! This is a renowned wine-growing region, which is why a big bunch of grapes is featured as part of... - Volunteer Photos
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- Smithsonian Festival
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What a rush - to perform on the stage of the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps. I was humbled by the talent of the group with whom I performed. Everyone of these young people, despite their... - Volunteer Photos
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- Kang Rua Festival - Piman, Thailand
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Games; Sports; Celebrations -
This boat racing festival (Kang Rua) is held each October in numerous places throughout Thailand. The 2-day festival is a lot of fun! - Volunteer Photos
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- Citizen in a Time of Change: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
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Congress; Wofford, Harris -
1965 RPCV Conference Report - Historical Papers and Articles
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- Vegetarian Festival in Phuket
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Ceremonies; Celebrations -
The Vegetarian Festival is an annual event in Thailand, celebrated especially by Chinese Thais. Specially chosen devotees prepare physically and spiritually before the festival and follow a vegetarian diet. During the event they partake in... - Volunteer Photos
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- Igue 1965: Celebration Of The Head
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Ceremonies; Celebrations; Food and meals - Volunteer Stories
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- Children's Day Festival Middle School
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host community friends -
After the big children's day parade, a group of middle school students, the principal, the assistant principal and a male teacher posed with me on the steps of the Karamanli Orta Okulu. I'm standing in the background and except for my smile and... - Volunteer Photos
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- Festival de la Luz 2012
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Host families; Celebrations; Youth -
I took this photo on December 12th, 2012, during my community's first ever Christmas Parade in Costa Rica. My nephews begged me to walk them to the square to watch the parade and they even managed to dig up some old Santa hats to wear. I am... - Volunteer Photos
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- Kenya Music Festival
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Music; Teachers and students -
The Highland School choir, directed by Peace Corps Volunteer Rand Goldstein, performs at the Kenya Up County Music Festival in Eldoriet on October 29, 1977. The Festival celebrates the traditional music of area tribes and western choral music.... - Volunteer Photos
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- Beyond Certificates and Statistics
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Teachers and students - Volunteer Stories
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- Celebration of the Ligo and Jani Day Festival
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Youth; Celebrations -
This photo was taken during my training summer 2000 in Valmiera, Latvia. This photo shows the Latvian tradition of jumping over a fire for good luck throughout the next year on the shortest night of the year. Latvia celebrates the Summer Solstice... - Volunteer Photos
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- Kadou Festival Bole
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Celebrations; Music -
Kadou Festival celebrate primarily in the western corner of the Northern Region of Ghana as well as the bordering area in Cote d'Ivoure by Muslims to mark the coming end of Ramadan which occurs three days later. Originally done as a courting... - Volunteer Photos
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