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Theater & Dance
Traditional music, dance and theater are difficult to separate; all are mixed together with
wild costumes to create spectacles that generally also have a religious component plus
plenty of fireworks. Pieces you'll see performed by streetside beggars and professional
troupes include La Gigantona, with an enormous Spanish woman and teeny-tiny Nicara-
guan guy. Another common piece is The Dance of the Old People, in which an older gen-
tleman woos a sexy grandma, but once she gives in, he starts chasing younger women in
the audience.
Modern theater is not well developed in Nicaragua, and only major towns have perform-
ance spaces. There's a growing independent film scene, and you can catch very low-
budget, usually documentary films, often with overtly feminist or progressive themes, at
cultural centers - but never movie theaters, which show mostly Hollywood blockbusters.
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