Let your students build their own self esteem while at the
same time seeing this folktale, of Latin American culture
from the island of Cuba, come to life in
their own performance. El Bizarron, though a peasant, has the strength
not only of body but also of character to teach us that helping others,
and not harming others, is the best way to real peace and happiness.
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