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    • Barziwen, Liberia

    • Barziwen, Liberia

    • Funerals; Knight Foundation

    • Grave of Volunteer Susan Davey, killed in an auto accident while vacationing in Kenya in January 1970. Barziwen, Liberia.
    • Agency Photos
    • Baskets of Goodies

    • Baskets of Goodies

    • Host community; Funerals;

    • 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
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Burial

    • Community Burial

    • funerals; traditional dress

    • Trainees witness the burial of Danielle's (second from right) host father in February 2011 in South Africa. There were more than a thousand people at the funeral because the deceased was a distinguished member of the community and closely related...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Funeral Celebrations in Cameroon

    • Funeral Celebrations in Cameroon

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies; Dance; Funerals

    • One of the very colorful and lively funeral celebrations common in Cameroon. Participants dance to lively drums celebrating the life of a tribal chief, rather than mouring his death. Bafang, Cameroon.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Her Whole Life is in That Room

    • Her Whole Life is in That Room

    • death; funerals

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Herero Funeral

    • Herero Funeral

    • Funerals; Ceremonies; Traditional dress

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kpendua's Regent

    • Kpendua's Regent

    • Elders; Funerals

    • Near the completion of my service, I was lucky to attend the funeral of the chief of Kpendua, the village in which I served in the Northern Region of Ghana. It took 5 years for the village to raise enough money to properly commemorate his death,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Local Funeral

    • Local Funeral

    • Funerals

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Looking for a Plate or Bowl?

    • Looking for a Plate or Bowl?

    • funerals

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lost Sister

    • Lost Sister

    • HIV/AIDS; Funerals

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Love Lost

    • Love Lost

    • death; funerals

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Myra Carrying Funeral Feast Leftovers

    • Myra Carrying Funeral Feast Leftovers

    • Funerals; Food and meals

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Paying Respect

    • Paying Respect

    • funerals

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos

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