Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Guillermina hopes to learn to jump from her friend, the frog, until the frog demonstrates her true colors.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
A competition between Guillermina and her frog friend demonstrates each of their individual strengths.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Guillermina and Candelario are excited to embark on a fishing trip with their beloved grandpa.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
On a fishing excursion, Guillermina and Candelario are confused when their grandfather decides to toss back a fish they catch.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Peru, Spain
Gonzalo is a Peruvian painter living in Germany. We had a great opportunity to visit him and talk about his life. Before learning about his work, let’s listen to the amazing tale of how he met his wife.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Peru, Spain
Let’s listen to more of this love story, starring a German woman and a Peruvian man on a date with destiny!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
At Colombia's Mono Núñez music festival, many indigenous musical instruments can be heard. Learn about some of them in this video.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
Mario learns that diversity at the Mono Núñez Festival extends beyond the various Colombian musicians, as English people seem to enjoy Andean music as much as Colombians do!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Singing in Nasa Yuwe, their native language, is one way in which Colombia's indigenous Nasa population strives to preserve and make more visible their language, culture and customs.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Meet Joaquín Pérez, an award-winning Andalusian Nativity Scene sculptor.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Open Europe covers such diverse stories as the Mediterranean Corridor, the death of Gaddafi and European poverty.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Taking organic meat to all the school dining rooms:
That is the main objective of the Campos company in Andalusia.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Vela, a word often used for “candle,” or “sail,” can also mean “wakefulness,” as in “vigilance.” It’s related to the verb velar, “to stand watch.” The name of the port city of La Vela de Coro refers not to the “sails” of merchant ships (as many assume) but rather to this town’s role as a “lookout” point for marauding pirates. One-eyed peg-legs are now less common, but the carnivalesque annual festival of Los Locos continues on.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Most English speakers have at some time in their lives heard Donovan sing “The Hurdy Gurdy Man,” but how many knew what such a man did? The woman in this video talks about a musical family that used to play the sinfonía, and indeed this is the Spanish name for the hand-crank organ known as a “hurdy gurdy.”
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
It’s quite possible that El Día de Los Locos, as celebrated in La Vela de Coro, has its roots as far back as the Roman Empire, which celebrated Saturnalia at the same time of year. Both festivals, historically, involve turning the social order on its head, with slaves dressing like their masters.
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