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Collection	Volunteer Photos
Photo Title	Our First Dance
Photo Description	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 about two weeks after we first met at my swearing-in ceremony in Cotonou. We lived in country for another year after this picture was taken, our villages were two days travel apart using local bush taxis. It was before anyone had cell phones so we wrote each other letters that were passed through drivers and friends back and forth. We've been married 18 years now, and have two beautiful children. West Africa still feels like home to us.
Contributor	Cora Nally
Region	Africa Region
Country of Service	Benin
Service Dates (Beginning)	1993
Service Dates (Ending)	1995
Sector	Community Development
Decade	1990s
Keywords	Weddings
Resource Type	Photo
Format	JPG
Date created	2011-02-14

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