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    • Four Boys on a Horse

    • Four Boys on a Horse
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    • I was visiting a Mongolian friend's family in the countryside. Lots of children around and one of the teenage boys was showing me their horses. Everyone learns to ride in Mongolia and so the little boys on this horse are perfectly happy and...
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    • Four Boys on a Horse

    • Four Boys on a Horse
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    • Children in Mongolia learn to ride almost before they can walk. These four boys are cousins who live on the Mongolian steppes and their families herd goats, sheep, cattle and horses. The photo was taken in Khovsgul aimag in Mongolia near Muron...
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    • School Children

    • School Children
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    • School children in Mongolia wear uniforms. These children attend school is Muron, Khovsgul, Mongolia. The schools run double sessions here. The photo was taken in September of 2008.
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    • Lake Khuvsgol Ice

    • Lake Khuvsgol Ice
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    • Lake Khuvsgol is the largest lake in Mongolia--known as the Dark Blue Pearl. The water is so clear and pure and when it freezes, you can see deeply down into it. Every winter there is an ice festival on the lake with wonderful ice sculptures and...
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    • Gotchoo and the Snuff Bottle

    • Gotchoo and the Snuff Bottle
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    • This man is a woodcarver and his name is Gotchoo. The little carved snuff bottle in his hand is one of the most beautifully carved objects I have ever seen-entirely covered with intricate and symbolic carvings. It is used in a little greeting...
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    • Mongolian Ovoo

    • Mongolian Ovoo
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    • [adapted from Wikipedia] An ovoo is a type of shamanistic cairn found in Mongolia, usually made from rocks or from wood. Ovoos are often found at the top of mountains and in high places, like mountain passes. They serve mainly as religious sites,...
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    • Mongolian Countryside

    • Mongolian Countryside
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    • This photo was taken in the countryside about an hour's drive west of Muron, Khuvsgul, Mongolia in 2009. I was staying at a friend's ger camp on a high bluff looking out over the Delgermuron River--a broad grassland with little stream's running...
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    • Two Little Boys at Tsgaan Sar

    • Two Little Boys at Tsgaan Sar
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    • I was visiting Mongolian friends at Tsgaan Sar, the celebration of the lunar new year. Everyone gets dressed up in their best--and these two boys were no exception. The expressions on their faces are so clear--confidence on the face of the boy on...
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    • Husband and Wife at Tsgaan Sar

    • Husband and Wife at Tsgaan Sar
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    • This couple in traditional Mongolian garb are relatives of my host family and we have just been visiting them during Tsgaan Sar in February 2009. Tsgaan Sar means white month celebrating Buddhist lunar new year.
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    • Birthdate Thrills!

    • Birthdate Thrills!
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    • What a delight to discover that we were born only two days apart in October of 1946. We found each other in the garden at the Golden Buddha Temple in Tong Nan during the Dragon Boat Festival on June 5, 2011.
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    • Summer Girls of Wu Long

    • Summer Girls of Wu Long
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    • I took this photo during a summer project in Wu Long, the poorest corner of Chongqing Municipality, China. The girls were hanging out on a tennis judging stand outside the Wu Long Experimental Middle School teaching building where 17 of us were...
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    • Grandpa's Turn to Raise Baby

    • Grandpa's Turn to Raise Baby
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    • Taken during the Dragon Boat Festival on June 5. The red head band is put on the baby's head to protect the soft spot. Single children are raised by as many as six adults: two sets of grandparents who retire relatively young and the parents who...
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    • Selling Vegetables with Mom

    • Selling Vegetables with Mom
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    • Taken while visiting the ancient town of Zhong Shan, Chongqing Municipality, China, Sunday, March 27, 2011. The vegetables, including fiddlehead ferns, were gathered in the nearby countryside.
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    • Peace Corps: one part of ACTION

    • Peace Corps: one part of ACTION

    • Marketing campaigns; ACTION

    • Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities and how Peace Corps fit in to the newly formed federal agency ACTION, which was established on July 1, 1971. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is...
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