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In most developing countries over 70 per cent of their population live in rural areas. They are mostly illiterate or semi-literate. They live in vast numbers of rural villages, often spread out, into small communities. But they form a vital cog in the national economy as they produce the raw materials for food, clothing, and shelter that are converted into consumable products, used and enjoyed by a much larger population in the urban and semi-urban population nationally and even internationally. They also constitute a vital base of a democratic socio-political system. They live close to nature and have the knowledge of and stake in, nurture and preservation of nature's offerings - their environment - for survival, and well being. They have skills in crafts, use of colours, and an integrated view of well being - physical, mental, and spiritual. Much of this applies to the marginalized indigenous communities in the technologically and economically advanced countries as well.
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In most developing countries over 70 per cent of their population live in rural areas. They are mostly illiterate or semi-literate. They live in vast numbers of rural villages, often spread out, into small communities. But they form a vital cog in the national economy as they produce the raw materials for food, clothing, and shelter that are converted into consumable products, used and enjoyed by a much larger population in the urban and semi-urban population nationally and even internationally. They also constitute a vital base of a democratic socio-political system. They live close to nature and have the knowledge of and stake in, nurture and preservation of nature's offerings - their environment - for survival, and well being. They have skills in crafts, use of colours, and an integrated view of well being - physical, mental, and spiritual. Much of this applies to the marginalized indigenous communities in the technologically and economically advanced countries as well.

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