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    • Ukraine Cemetery

    • Ukraine Cemetery
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    • I took this picture in April of 2005 during my language training in Fastive, Ukraine. I passed this cemetery everyday as I walked from my host family's home to the town center for language lessons with my training group. Note that cemetery...
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    • Puru Blaka

    • Puru Blaka
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    • This is an Ingi Puru Blaka, a traditional ceremony taking place in my village, Redi Doti, in Resortt Caroline, Para District, Suriname. The idea behind this ceremony is that while a family is in mourning following the death of a loved one, they...
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    • Lost Sister

    • Lost Sister
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    • Family members grieve at a deuil, or mourning ceremony, on the outskirts of Bandjoun, Cameroon, in August 2004. Many Cameroonians deny the existence of AIDS and insist that many die of the flu, pneumonia, or even sorcery. However, AIDS is often the...
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    • Herero Funeral

    • Herero Funeral
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    • At a funeral in a rural village in Namibia, four women from the Herero tribe show their sympathy by gathering outside the home of the person who has passed away. The women are wearing traditional Herero dress (derived from the Victorian dresses of...
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    • Local Funeral

    • Local Funeral
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    • Cerro de Pasco, Peru 1969 Another funeral procession with a small coffin...tough living conditions at 15,000 feet altitude resulted in many children dying before they were 5.
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    • Her Whole Life is in That Room

    • Her Whole Life is in That Room
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    • When I put this photo up on facebook to get help in choosing which photos to submit to this contest, someone wrote a comment on this one saying "her whole life is in that room." And while the woman in the corner is not the wife of the man who has...
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    • Love Lost

    • Love Lost
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    • His death came unexpectedly. She said when she woke up at her usual 5am she heard her husband was having difficulty breathing, but she didn't think much of it. A couple of hours later she was surprised he wasn't out of bed yet, and it was at that...
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    • The Old West in Ha'afeva

    • The Old West in Ha'afeva
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    • This photo was taken April 20, 2011 in Ha'afeva, a small island in the Ha'apai group (Tonga). I was on a business trip with some Church of Tonga leaders to Pangai, Ha'apai and we made a last minute trip to Ha'afeva to attend a funeral. On a walk...
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    • Water, Water, Everywhere

    • Water, Water, Everywhere
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    • Two women seek out the shade during day one of a funeral in Pohnpei, FSM. Beside them are the several gallons of water there for the mourners, also seeking some coolness. May, 2010.
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    • Looking for a Plate or Bowl?

    • Looking for a Plate or Bowl?
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    • It was dark as I was looking for a bathroom one night in April 2011. I was at the Wat for the cremation ceremony of a monk. I looked into this open door and saw all these dishes. I just thought what an interesting picture and at the same time I...
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    • Paying Respect

    • Paying Respect
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    • In this photo the monks are heading up the funeral procession of the cremation coffin of Pra Tamnittave of Wat Nong Wang Nang Boa, Amphur Phon, Khonkaen, Thailand. The monk was placed in this "air-conditioned" coffin for 100 days before the...
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    • The Ladies in White

    • The Ladies in White
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    • These women are from Ban Huay Kor, but went to Wat Non Wang Nang Boa, Amphur Phon, Khonkaen, Thailand, to pay their respects to the monk who was to be cremated later in the evening. This group of women are at every festival in their village.
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    • Myra Carrying Funeral Feast Leftovers

    • Myra Carrying Funeral Feast Leftovers
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    • After attending a funeral feast during the Month of Flies, my "sister" Myra carried my share of the leftovers home. She carried my food in a coconut fond basket that was made on-the-spot. Myra is the oldest daughter of the couple whose home I...
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    • Baskets of Goodies

    • Baskets of Goodies
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    • A Pohnpeian woman sits with her spoils in the nahs (meeting house) during a funeral -- e.g. the most important of social occasions in Pohnpei. January 2010
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