I met my wife while buying vegetables from her in the market of Ipala, Chiquimula, Guatemala, and we were married about three years later. This photo is of my wife on our wedding day, and her various relatives who came to help with the cooking for...
This photo was taken in a village near my post. I was invited to a wedding there- my first time attending a wedding in Cameroon. Everyone was dancing around the bride and I was just spectating until some of the dancers called me to join them. I...
I took this photo during my last days of service in Paraguay on November 7th, 2008 just before the wedding of a fellow Volunteer to a host country national. The wedding took place in a small rural community. Horse carts like this are commonly used...
I took this picture in Ciorescu, Moldova on 7/22/2010. The picture was taken during a Moldovan wedding. In the picture, the bride is dancing with some professional traditional Moldovan dancers. They are dancing the "hora", Moldova's national dance....
I took this picture on 7/22/2010 in Moldova. In the picture are dancers dressed in traditional Moldovan dress during a wedding. They are dancing the "hora," Moldovan national dance.
I took this picture on 7/22/2010 in Moldova. On the picture is a a young man and a lady dressed in Moldovan traditional dressing. This picture was taken during a Moldovan wedding and it is customary to have a group of dancers like the people in...
I took this picture during a wedding in Moldova on 7/22/2010. In the picture is a young man and two ladies dressed in Moldovan traditional dresses. Most weddings in Moldova will have professional traditional dancers dressed in traditional dresses...
This photo was taken at an Indo-Fijian wedding. Suva, Fiji- May 2011. The celebration last more than nine hours. This shot was a rare moment of interaction between the bride and groom...when most all of the ceremony was very solemn.
To the best of my knowledge, I was the first Volunteer in the Baltic Countries to marry a foreign national. This is a photo of my wife, Ausra (nee Zatorskyte) Hawkridge, my step-son, Raulis Petronis and me (Arthur D. Hawkridge). Ausra and I wore...
In Herero tradition, weddings are week-long (or longer) events. Throughout the duration of the festivities, the bride is kept hidden inside a house on the homestead, her face hidden beneath a veil. On the last day of the celebration, the female...
This is a picture of my husband (a Bulgarian National) and my wedding which took place in an 800-year old monastery in a village in central Bulgaria. My counterpart and his wife (the couple holding the crowns over our heads) were the Best Man and...
This is a picture of my future husband and I dancing in his village in Benin during the Christmas celebration. It was local tradition to place money on the foreheads of the dancers to show appreciation. Tom is placing money on my forehead, this is...
I'm submitting this photo in honor of Valentine's Day approaching, and it shows my husband and I overlooking his beautiful hometown where I served my time in the Peace Corps. I met my husband in late 2004 when I was volunteering in Sao Nicolau,...
Taken during first year when visiting student's house in Sousse, Tunisia. The family wanted me to wear a bridal dress to better understand the culture.