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Sonido Babel - El porro colombiano

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia, Venezuela

Let's discover yet another upbeat Colombian musical genre with Antonio, porro, by listening to its melody and witnessing how it is danced.

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Carlos comenta - Confidencial - Jerga típica colombiana

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos enlightens us regarding some typical Colombian slang that shows up in part three of the first episode of "Confidencial."

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Cleer - Rafael Pombo y "Pastorcita"

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Cleer tells us about the fascinating life of Colombian poet, children's author, and diplomat, Rafael Pombo, and reads us, "Pastorcita" [Little Shepherdess], one of his most renowned pieces.

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Bogotá - Fotógrafo José Segundo Quinche Pérez

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia

Colombian artist Jose Segundo Quinche Perez tells us how he got his start in photography and what motivates him when capturing images.

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Días festivos - Novenas de Navidad

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Many Latin American countries celebrate the Novena of Aguinaldos, a nine-day, Catholic-based holiday that includes music, food and prayer. Grace Pinzon, a Colombian woman living in Florida, shares with us how the novena is celebrated there.

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Carlos comenta - Los Años Maravillosos - Costumbres alimenticias y conflicto

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Referring to the third part of the first episode of the Colombian version of The Wonder Years, Carlos edifies us regarding Colombia's dietary traditions as well as some historical conflicts.

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Carlos comenta - Confidencial - Vocabulario y expresiones

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos enlightens us about several words and expressions that come up in the series, "Confidential: The King of Cons," some of which are quite particular to Colombian Spanish.

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Carlos comenta - Los Años Maravillosos - La década de los 80 y música

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Although the Colombian version of The Wonder Years is based upon the well-known American series, Carlos explains to us some similarities and differences between the two versions.

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Cleer y Lida - Buñuelos

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Lida and Cleer teach us to make Colombian buñuelos, a type of fritter eaten particularly during the Christmas season.

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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

From one of Europe's most innovative libraries in Barcelona, Spain, Víctor tells us about the great Colombian writer after which the library is named.

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 9

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

In the conclusion to this series about Colombian painter Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori, he shares with us how he has evolved with age and how such has affected his work.

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 8

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Colombian artist Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori explains how the "alla prima" [wet-on-wet] style of painting influences his work.

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Colombian artist Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori shows us his studio and palette of colors, in addition to explaining about the ideal lighting conditions for many artists.

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Carlos comenta - Los Años Maravillosos - Forma de hablar - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Within the second part of the first episode of the Colombian version of The Wonder Years, Carlos points out several examples of a manner of speaking that is very typical to Bogota.

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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Venezuela

In the last part of this series of videos dedicated to the writer Gabriel García Márquez, Víctor tells us about the life of the author nicknamed "Gabo" following his return to Colombia and how the creation and publishing his world-renowned novel One Hundred Years of Solitude came about.

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Caption 10 [en]: again to work at different Colombian newspapers.
Caption 10 [es]: de nuevo a trabajar en diferentes periódicos de Colombia.

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