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    • Zoya's Sew Shop

    • Zoya's Sew Shop

    • Artisans; Host community; Traditional dress

    • Zoya works in a small room just off the shortcut I take into town every day. She says she learned how to sew when she was 17 at classes she took at the cultural house in Yeghegnadzor over 30 years ago. She along with her soviet era sewing machine...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women Baking Lavash

    • Women Baking Lavash

    • Food and meals; Traditional dress; Host community

    • My neighbors operate a lavash bakery and I often go there in the winter time to hang out because the ladies are always good for a fun conversation and it is nice and warm in there. The process is fascinating to watch, obviously these women have had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wise Old Man

    • Wise Old Man

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • This man paused to tell stories of the river we were photographing for a story about trash in Armenia's rivers. He was reminiscing about how as a young boy he used to swim in the spot we were photographing.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wine Sellers

    • Wine Sellers

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress

    • Tsorik helps her daughter-in-law sell wine at their roadside stand in Areni, Armenia.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vartan

    • Vartan

    • Host community friends; site

    • Vartan pauses during his description of a protest he coordinated. Vartan has always been an advocate for Armenia's environment, so when he heard plans of a new water diversion system, Vartan organized a protest of nearly 1,000 people. They blocked...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tatiks Know Best

    • Tatiks Know Best

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • Two older women, called Tatik in Armenian, would be sitting along the road I took into town everyday. Without fail, I could expect a comment on what I was wearing, what I had bought from the store, or where I was headed so quickly. These women were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Special Tasting

    • Special Tasting

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • While tasting wines at the roadside shops in Areni, Armenia this particular vendor took us to her garage for a special tasting.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Samvel, Always Up To Something

    • Samvel, Always Up To Something

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • This hand gesture, accompanied with the sound "eeeeyaah," is one of the many things I have picked up in Armenia. I even find myself doing it to the ATM when it refuses to give me cash. I'm sure when I come back to America, this, along with many...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Old Shuka at Night

    • Old Shuka at Night

    • Volunteers; site;

    • Meag, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Armenia walks past the outdoor market in Yeghegnador, Armenia. Several months after this photo was taken, the Soviet era building was torn down to make room for modern shops.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Norik

    • Norik

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • Norik is a German teacher in the village Hermon in Armenia. He also owns a store.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Peace Corps Home

    • My Peace Corps Home

    • Housing; Terrain

    • My house sits right in the part of town that the sun hits just before it tucks itself under the mountain for the evening. This time of year, as the light spills across my once abundant garden, over the yellow crunchy leaves and right through my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lydia

    • Lydia

    • Host families; housing; traditional dress

    • Lydia is the host mother of Armenia Peace Corps Volunteer, Danny Lovell. Lydia is originally from Ukraine, but moved to Armenia when she married and Armenian man in Russia. She learned to speak Armenian in Armenia when she moved there days after...
    • Volunteer Photos

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