29 Dec December Photo Challenge Highlights: #Celebrate

What is the #baphotochallenge?

Photo challenge participants get a prompt emailed to them at the beginning of the month, and follow-up emails periodically in the following weeks. They then share their best photos that follow along with the theme that month. This month’s theme was “Celebrate”.

The goal is to share captivating images online, with meaningful captions, in order to promote cross-cultural understanding in a fun, simple way.

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December’s Photo Challenge

December’s challenge was about all things celebratory. Participants used #celebrate to tag their pictures of celebrations from all over the world. Participants were also challenged to invite friends to join the challenge by tagging people in the caption of their picture. This month’s journey included German holiday cuisine, African wedding festivities, and Christmas tree decorating in Moldova, to name a few. We saw holiday filled landscapes, celebrations of faith, celebrations of change, and celebrations of life. This month was all about challenging bloggers and social media followers to expand their definition of ‘The Holiday Season’ outside their own cultural traditions, holidays, and festivities.

Let’s review the Top 5 photos of December’s ‘Celebrate’ Challenge:

5. Christmas Tree Decorating in Moldova

#Repost @sarajoy03 ・・・ Visiting the host family this weekend in Balti. Celebrating a little early this year. #magicofchristmas #ohchristmastree #celebrate #baphotochallenge #peacecorpsmoldova #bloggingabroad #travelgram #instatravel #travel #globalcitizen #gapyear #volunteerabroad #livingabroad #peacecorps #culutralexchange #culturalimmersion #adventure

A photo posted by Blogging Abroad (@bloggingabroad) on Dec 17, 2016 at 9:58pm PST

4. The Beginning of The Wedding Season in Ghana

@noon_thirty loving your wedding coverage in Ghana! #repost ・・・ There are like a bazillion dance breaks during weddings, often timed with a call for donations for the couple. The chief is dancing his way back to his seat after dropping a donation in the box at the second wedding yesterday. 〰️〰️〰️ #chief #dancing #wedding #getyourgrooveon #shakeyourgroovething #excitement #goingtothechapel #celebrate #baphotochallenge #bloggingabroad #justghanathings #humansofghana #mygloballife #culturallycurious #exploremore #wanderlust #instapassport #instatravel #instagood #photooftheday #winneba #ghana #westafrica #africa #everydayafrica #everydayghana #ipostghana

A photo posted by Blogging Abroad (@bloggingabroad) on Dec 6, 2016 at 12:38am PST

3. Christmas Snacks in Germany

#Repost @_janellaa #bloggingabroad #travelgram #instatravel #travel #globalcitizen #gapyear #volunteerabroad #livingabroad #peacecorps #culutralexchange #culturalimmersion #adventure #baphotochallenge #december #celebrate #celebration #winter #food ・・・ Am 7. Dezember 2016 | Es ist Adventszeit und ich liebe die Weihnachstmärkte. This goes out to my favorite Madelines because I can’t join them in ringing in our Christmas spirit.

A photo posted by Blogging Abroad (@bloggingabroad) on Dec 16, 2016 at 9:34pm PST

2. Wedding Celebrations in Ghana

The first of our December Photo Challenge @noon_thirty #repost ・・・ The first of two weddings I went to today. Ghana’s elections are happening next week, and everyone wants to get their celebrations done before because people won’t want to attend if their candidate loses (they’ll not be in the mood for jubilating). But for now, everyone is still in a merrymaking mood. 〰️〰️〰️ This post is part of @BloggingAbroad’s monthly photo challenge to promote cross-cultural understanding. December’s theme is #celebrate. I challenge @mariamaria1218, @segingrich and @tmontenarello to post at least 3 images for the theme from your host culture and tag three more people to join the challenge. See https://bloggingabroad.org/photo-challenge for more details. 〰️〰️〰️ #wedding #jubilating #catchingthespirit #dancing #werk #gettingmarried #goingtothechapel #celebrate #baphotochallenge #bloggingabroad #humansofghana #justghanathings #mygloballife #culturallycurious #exploremore #wanderlust #instapassport #instatravel #winneba #ghana #westafrica #africa #everydayafrica #everydayghana #ipostghana

A photo posted by Blogging Abroad (@bloggingabroad) on Dec 4, 2016 at 4:36am PST

1. Christmas Lights in Moldova

#Repost @sarajoy03 ・・・ What a lovely evening for some fresh air and holiday lights. #nofilter #itsbeginningtolookalotlikechristmas #celebrate #baphotochallenge #peacecorpsmoldova #bloggingabroad #travelgram #instatravel #travel #globalcitizen #gapyear #volunteerabroad #livingabroad #peacecorps #culutralexchange #culturalimmersion #adventure

A photo posted by Blogging Abroad (@bloggingabroad) on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:11pm PST

We’ll be taking a break in January to focus on the New Year’s Blog Challenge. But in the meantime, you can still sign up to join the next photo challenge in February with all new prompts on the 1st of the month. Sign up here!