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How Can People Without a Shared Land Understand Their Homeland?
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rén men人们cháng yòng常用dì tú地图shàngdebiān jiè边界láilǐ jiě理解guó jiā国家jiā yuán家园dànduìyī xiē一些fēn sàn分散gè dì各地demín zú民族láishuōjiāzhǐ shì只是yí gè一个dì fāng地方

People often use borders on a map to understand countries and homelands, but for some peoples scattered across different places, home is more than just a place.

xǔ duō许多shēng huó生活zàiwū kè lán乌克兰deluó mǔ rén罗姆人nà lǐ那里dàng zuò当作zì jǐ自己dejiā

Many Roma living in Ukraine consider it their home.

zhàn zhēng战争kāi shǐ开始hòuyī xiē一些réncān jūn参军bǎo hù保护guó jiā国家jiā rén家人wèi lái未来shè qū社区gèngcháng jiàn常见wū kè lán乌克兰guó qí国旗yǔ yán语言gē qǔ歌曲

After the war began, some joined the military to protect the country, their families, and the future. Ukrainian flags, language, and songs also became more common in the community.

rán ér然而tā men他们cháng qī长期zàishàng xué上学gōng zuò工作kàn bìng看病zhù fáng住房qǔ dé取得shēn fèn zhèng身份证jiànfāng miàn方面yù dào遇到kùn nán困难

However, they have long faced difficulties in going to school, finding work, getting medical care, obtaining housing, and getting identity documents.

táo wǎng逃往qí tā其他ōu zhōu欧洲guó jiā国家shíyǒu xiē有些jiā tíng家庭réngshòu dào受到gōng píng公平duì dài对待shèn zhì甚至nìng yuàn宁愿huí dào回到zhàn huǒ战火zhōngdejiā xiāng家乡

When fleeing to other European countries, some families still faced unfair treatment and even preferred to return to their hometowns in the war zone.

dá dá rén鞑靼人deqíng kuàng情况yòubù tóng不同

The situation of the Tatars is different again.

tā men他们shēng huó生活zàié luó sī俄罗斯shì jiè世界xǔ duō许多dì fāng地方méi yǒu没有yī kuài一块tǔ dì土地néngsuǒ yǒu rén所有人liánzàiyì qǐ一起

They live in Russia and many other parts of the world, without one piece of land that can connect them all.

duìtā men他们láishuōjiā yuán家园chángcún zài存在jiā tíng家庭shēng huó生活gòng tóng共同yǔ yán语言yīn yuè音乐jié rì节日yǐn chá饮茶xí guàn习惯zhōng

For them, a homeland often exists in family life, a shared language, music, festivals, and tea-drinking customs.

tǔ dì土地kě yǐ可以fēn kāi分开rén men人们wén huà文化quènénglián jiē连接bù tóng不同dì qū地区bù tóng不同nián dài年代deqún tǐ群体

Land can separate people, but culture can connect groups from different regions and different generations.

yīn cǐ因此bǎo hù保护yǔ yán语言chuán tǒng传统shè qū社区yǒu shí有时gǎi biàn改变dì tú地图shàngdebiān jiè边界gèngzhòng yào重要

Therefore, protecting language, traditions, and communities is sometimes more important than changing borders on a map.

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