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Nidia Bustos is a Nicaraguan theater director, community organizer and cultural activist. She founded the theater organization MECATE that meanwhile consists of more than 80 theater and music groups. == Life == Bustos was born in 1952. In 1980 she started her life-work, MECATE, a theater organization the grew out to be a nationwide organization with more than 80 theater and music groups.〔Prince Claus Fund (2011) (biography )〕 After the era of suppression by the Somoza-regime (1936-1979), the social structures of little farmers (''campesinos'') had disappeared. With the foundation of the theater organization, Bustos has the objective to work at the reconstruction of the country by developing more social cohesion between the rural communities. MECATE (''Movimiento de Expresión Campesina Artística y Teatral'') can be translated to ''Campesino Movement of Rural Artistic and Theatrical Expression''.〔 With her organization Bustos stages plays and songs, and publishes stories and poems. On stage she uses costumes and theatrical property that originate from the cultural tradition of the ''campesinos''. Furthermore, she organizes workshops, meetings and exchanges.〔〔Dutch embassy in Nicaragua (October 18, 2011) 〕 The performances induce artistic discussions on themes like replanting, malaria prevention, agricultural techniques, land speculation, and the consequences of trade pacts.〔 Bustos is also a member of the foundation Luciérnaga, which translated means ''firefly''. This is a nonprofit organization that arranges audiovisual means for educational objectives.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nidia Bustos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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