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    • The Baptism

    • The Baptism

    • Ceremonies; Religion; Traditional dress

    • I participated in many religious festivities in my predominantly Islamic community. On the seventh morning after a child’s birth, the baptism takes place where the infant is blessed and formally named. Here, my friend Kadi holds her newborn. ...
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    • The Bissa Can Dance!

    • The Bissa Can Dance!

    • Dance

    • I attended several dance performances in my village located in Central East Bukina Faso. Here, men perform a traditional Bissa dance by placing stones in dried leaves and wrapping them around their shins. As musicians sing and play, the dancers...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Christmas in Burkina Faso

    • Christmas in Burkina Faso

    • celebrations

    • A friend sent me a miniature Christmas tree, which no one there had ever seen. So I got the opportunity to share how Christmas is celebrated in America and learn about how they celebrate it there. This picture was taken in my village of Bagare,...
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    • Joyful Drummer

    • Joyful Drummer

    • children; celebrations; music

    • This is a boy really enjoying playing his drum at a religious event for the youth at the end of the school year. Taken in Bagare, Burkina Faso in May, 2008.
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    • Grinding Millet

    • Grinding Millet

    • food and meals

    • My friend invited me to his village to meet his family and to learn about how they live. They taught me how to grind millet into flour by pushing a smooth rock over a stationary rock with grains of millet in between. This picture was taken near...
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    • Watermelon Nights

    • Watermelon Nights

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in my host family's apartment. I loved nights when they bought a watermelon. Everyone in the family, their neighbors and various other parties would squeeze together around the living room table to snack on the sweet summer...
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    • My Chinese Family

    • My Chinese Family

    • Host families

    • This picture of my host sisters, my host mother and myself was taken in a beautiful park near our home in Chengdu. We had just spent a beautiful Sunday afternoon listening to live, traditional music, playing games, eating, drinking tea and walking...
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    • Kings or Dames?

    • Kings or Dames?

    • teachers and students; games

    • Some of my students came over to my house one day to play Dames, which is an African version of checkers that is much more wild and entertaining. Taken in Bagare, Burkina Faso in May, 2008.
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    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • Teachers and Students; World Map Project

    • Some students and I working on painting a world map in one of the classrooms at our school in Bagare, Burkina Faso in September 2007.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Eighth of March

    • The Eighth of March

    • Celebrations

    • Every International Women’s Day, the ladies of Burkina celebrate by participating in dances, sports and other festivities. Here, my friends from village make their way to our closest city for the March 8, 2009 activities. Each year, the country...
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    • My Kids

    • My Kids

    • Children; Host community friends

    • Once you take out a camera, it is very hard to keep it away- the kids are always requesting more photos! One day, I decided to take photos and was lucky to get one with almost everyone smiling. Meet my kids- Fati, Biba, Idrissa, Naima, and Madi!
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