International Day of Older Persons
A United Nations observance recognizing older people, care, dignity, work, and family life.
Seychelles Edition
International Day of Older Persons leads today's complete edition for Seychelles.
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A United Nations observance recognizing older people, care, dignity, work, and family life.
A day for naps, prayer, reading, recovery, study, and the human need to step out of noise for a little while.
A day honoring the elderly, who in the Seychelles are the keepers of tradition, the tellers of stories, and the ones who remember when the islands had no electricity, no television, and no tourists. The AHA! moment: in Seychellois culture, the grandmother is the head of the household, and her word on family matters is final. Disagreeing with your grandmother is not recommended and is rarely attempted.