- Campesino
Campesino may refer to:
;"The arts"
*Los Campesinos! - an indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales.
*Teatro Campesino - a theater group founded by the United Farm Workers.;"People"
* "El Campesino" -Valentín González , a military leader during the Spanish Civil War.
* "campesinos" - Mexican farm workers who participated in theBracero Program during World War II in the United States.;"Politics"
*Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia - the "Unique Confederation of Rural Laborers of Bolivia"
* Bloque Obrero y Campesino - theWorkers and Peasants' Bloc in 1930s Barcelona.
*Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos in MexicoEtymology Campesino is a
Spanish language term referring to afarmer or farmworker. A possibleEnglish language equivalent term ispeasant , with connotations of subsistence or simple farming that aims to survive rather than generate a profit. [ Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, 22nd edition.] In the Spanish-speaking world, many people referred to as "campesinos" survive usingsubsistence farming , as in other parts of the world.The term guajiro, which is American Spanish for "rustic," ["The New World Spanish/English English/Spanish dictionary."
New American Library , 1968, p. 264: “guajiro (gwa'xi·ro) "n.m." & "adj. Amer." rustic.”] is a synonym for "campesino" inCuba ,cite web |url= http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/014.html |title= "Indians in Cuba." |author= José Barreiro |format=html |work= Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 56-60 |date= 1989 |quote= The term guajiro is synonymous inCuba with campesino or countryman-peasant. ] where it is also related toGuajira (music) .References
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