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    • Haircut

    • Haircut

    • Children; Volunteers

    • A Peace Corps Agriculture Co-op Volunteer gives a neighbor his monthly haircut outside the Agricultural Co-op's tienda in Ajuterique, Honduras. The Co-op was featured in the Peace Corps USAID half-hour documentary film "Don Tomas." December, 1970.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Sister

    • Host Sister

    • Host families; Children

    • Our host sister, Claire, is ready to attend the Mother's Day Celebration at church. Lalomauga, Samoa. May 2008
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lamin's Birthday

    • Lamin's Birthday

    • children; celebrations; Host families

    • This photo was taken at the end of 2010 during a birthday party in my compound. The child pictured is from Sanneh compound in Sifoe village, The Gambia. He was the Birthday Boy for the day. As part of my second goal, I regularly held birthday...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Macawiis

    • Macawiis

    • Traditional dress

    • I took this photo during home leave in April 2011. Depicted in this photo are myself, Daniel Delgadillo, and my two best friends who live in the U.S. This was the first time I had seen the two of them since I had joined Peace Corps so I decided to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Tortillas

    • Making Tortillas

    • food and meals

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for religious...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mariachi Reception

    • Mariachi Reception

    • celebrations; music; traditional dress

    • 15 pots of mole sauce were made in preparation for this wedding in a small town in Mexico. The wedding and reception involved 2 small adjacent pueblitos and lasted almost 24 hours. Ultimately, over 800 people were fed a full dinner (cooked and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mexican Independence Day

    • Mexican Independence Day

    • celebrations; traditional dress

    • September 16 is a day of major celebration all over Mexico, commemorating Mexican Independence from Spanish rule. Fiestas are celebrated in all parts of Mexico, beginning September 15 with the “Grito de Delores” or battle cry for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mole Operations

    • Mole Operations

    • food and meals; elders

    • Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce made from 20-30 ingredients, including chili and other peppers, nuts, seeds, fruits, spices, herbs, and various other items (often chocolate, tomatoes, etc). The recipe and process used by the women in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mourning in the Procession of Silence

    • Mourning in the Procession of Silence

    • celebrations; traditional dress; religion

    • Semana Santa (Holy Week) is celebrated all throughout Mexico, from large cities to small pueblitos. Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday), along with the following week of Pascua, is celebrated as a national holiday. On Good Friday of Semana...
    • Volunteer Photos

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