this meant that aging was very much tied to physical work. Because they are from an agrarian ethnic minority, my grandparents have maintained close ties to the land that they have worked for generations and to nature itself.
This has tended to emphasize their spirituality and their sense of mutual interdependence with their nuclear and extended families. Constant immersion in the life of their family an community have led these individuals to become focused on the immediate, the "here-and-now," as they have worked to ensure family survival. There are also strong connections to the past and strong reliance on traditions as
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