Jerome Nelson
Volunteer: Jerome Nelson
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Contributions from Jerome Nelson
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Traditional Bath
Uma, my homestay nephew, was often given a bath like this in the yard. You will see several local leaves in the bath, these are intentional to assist with keeping bad spirits away. I love this photo as it shows a lot - cute kid taking traditional bath, coconuts used to sell for livelyhood, and warm Dominica sun.
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Integration, Integration, Integration
Can you spot the Peace Corps Volunteer? I was asked by the village cultural group, Karifuna, to participate in their stage performance during the annual Carnival Queen Pageant held before a crowd of 1,000 plus at the National Stadium in the capital city. It was great fun to dance around on stage all crazy while looking like a smurf. This was apparently an opposite representation of slavery, the "blue man" is in chains and being oppressed by an evil man with a whip. Why have me p...
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Morning Prayer
Students at the Salybia Primary School would begin every morning of instruction with a prayer. This day I was lucky to catch this nice photo of several of them praying earnestly.
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Twavay Fo
Mac was well into his sixties when this was taken, yet carrying this heap of plantains was no problem for him. Most would cut off parts and carry them separately, but he decided to take the whole bundle. Hard work indeed.
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Coconut Tree
I never understood how Dominicans did stuff like this with such ease (look closely and you'll see a man up there). It looked to me like they were climbing small skyscrapers sometimes. Great to have a guy like this around when you are thirsty though. . .
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Layou
On a trek down Dominica's largest/longest river, the Layou, we got this great photo of a friend from the village doing a backflip off a sandbar. He was fearless, and did stuff much crazier than than this on a daily basis. 40 foot jump into a river from a tree? No problem. This was a great hike though as we were completely stuck in nature for several hours, just trekking the river.
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A Grandpa To Look Up To
During a long wait at a village bus stop for a ride to town, I was able to witness this moment between a grandpa and grandson. As we all took refuge from the hot afternoon sun, I noticed what a great photo it would be and thus asked permission to take the photo - luckily the shot came right when the little boy was looking up at his grandpa. It was nice to see Mr. Frederick out and about, as walking for him was rather difficult after a fall had rendered him partially disabled years back. On...
