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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Isabel Choat

‘Wisdom and respect’: what Peru’s forgotten generation can teach us about life and ageing

Fortunata Pfuturi, who’s aged about 90, at home in Rukha, in Cuzco region.
Fortunata Pfuturi, who’s aged about 90, at home in Rukha, in Cuzco region. Photograph: Alex Kornhuber

Enedina Avilés sits on a rocky ledge surveying the city below. She comes to this spot every evening after spending the day earning a living peeling garlic cloves. “This is her moment of meditation,” says Peruvian photographer Alex Kornhuber.

Avilés’s home, a wooden shack with no running water or electricity, is perched on a hillside on the southern outskirts of Lima. She lived in the mountains for most of her life but moved to the city seven years ago after visiting her son and finding a small patch of land where she could build a house.

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