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Venezuela - La tradición de los quince años

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

As the fifteenth birthday of young girls in Venezuela and most other Latin American countries marks a special rite of passage into womanhood, it is traditional for the family to throw them a big birthday bash.

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Mauricio y el maestro Arrau

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chile

Mauricio Nader es un reconocido músico de rock pionero en la escena del metal chileno de los últimos 20 años. Ahora desde Berlín, Mauricio está dedicado a proyectar su carrera, al mismo tiempo que estudia las raíces musicales de su país natal. En este video nos habla del famoso pianista chileno Claudio Arrau.

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Días festivos - La diablada pillareña - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Cristina nos habla de la Diablada Pillareña, una fiesta tradicional muy popular que se celebra todos los años y que es parte del Patrimonio Cultural Intangible del Ecuador.

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

El nombre de la ciudad portuaria de La Vela de Coro hace referencia no a las velas de los barcos mercantes, como podría pensarse en primera instancia, sino porque al hecho de que este pueblo sirvió por muchos años como un lugar en donde los piratas pasaban noches en vela planeando sus atracos. Quizá ya no es posible ver a muchos piratas auténticos en este pueblo, pero sí quizá a alguien personificando a alguno en la celebración anual del festival de Los Locos.

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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Professor Joan Martínez Manent clues us in about additional historical sites in Tarragona and tells us a fascinating story called The Burial of the Cat, which can be seen carved into the Tarragona Cathedral's cloister.

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Caption 48 [es]: de ciento y pico, doscientos años.
Caption 48 [en]: a hundred or so, two hundred years.

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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

This time, we'll discover with Joan Martínez Manent some interesting details about the Roman history of the current Spanish city of Tarragona.

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Caption 8 [es]: que de... entre los años veinticinco y veintisiete
Caption 8 [en]: that from... between the years twenty-five and twenty-seven,

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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Professor Joan Martínez Manent continues to share with us details about Tarragona, this time showing us the ancient Roman aqueduct that was built in the first century A.D. and fulfilled a variety of important functions for the ancient city.

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Caption 13 [es]: los años veinticinco, cincuenta después de Cristo
Caption 13 [en]: the years twenty-five, fifty A.D.,

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Casabermeja - Memoria histórica

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Casabermeja mayor Antonio Artacho talks to us about the commemoration of the proclamation of Spain's Second Republic, explaining, among other things, why the town's residents go to the town cemetery on this day.

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Caption 14 [es]: pues, en los años siguientes, Casabermeja sufrió represión.
Caption 14 [en]: well, in the following years, Casabermeja underwent repression.

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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

From the ancient Wall of Tarragona, history expert and university professor Joan Martínez Manent tells us the story of the construction of this Roman structure, which coincided with the birth of the city of Tarragona.

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Caption 6 [es]: hace dos mil doscientos años,
Caption 6 [en]: two thousand two hundred years ago,

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Víctor en España - Vida y legado de Antonio Gaudí - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Did you know that Antonio Gaudí had a reputation as a great mystic who is currently on a list to be canonized? Don't miss out on hearing more about these and other interesting details about the life— and death— of this extraordinary architect.

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Caption 64 [es]: cien años después de la muerte de Antonio Gaudí.
Caption 64 [en]: one hundred years after Antonio Gaudí's death.

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Adelaida, el Ekeko y las Alasitas - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Bolivia

At the Alasitas Fair in Bolivia, all kinds of miniatures are bought and sold to represent the wishes of their buyers and hopefully bring them to fruition. Let's see what Adelaida, a Bolivian residing in Berlin, has to say about this unique festivity.

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Caption 13 [es]: todos los años, el veinticuatro de enero,
Caption 13 [en]: every year, on January twenty-fourth,

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Adelaida, el Ekeko y las Alasitas - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Bolivia

Adelaida, a Bolivian woman who has lived in Berlin for twenty years, talks to us about the Ekeko, a stone statue that held special significance for indigenous Bolivians prior to the colonial period and has evolved over time.

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Caption 4 [es]: Vivo en Berlín desde hace veinte años,
Caption 4 [en]: I've lived in Berlin for twenty years

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Viajando con Fermín - Festival de Cine SSIFF - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

On the occasion of the seventieth annual San Sebastián International Film Festival, Fermín has traveled to his hometown to attend this extraordinary event. In this video, he shares details about his trip, as well as his first impressions of the festival.

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Caption 13 [es]: a lo largo de estos últimos años que llevo residiendo en Mijas.
Caption 13 [en]: throughout these last years that I've been residing in Mijas.

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Viajando con Fermín - El Rijksmuseum - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

In part two of this video, we see some footage that Fermín had the chance to tape during his visit to Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, which was declared the European Museum of the Year in 2015.

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Caption 28 [es]: La obra, que duró diez años,
Caption 28 [en]: The construction project, which lasted ten years,

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Soledad - Miguel Hernández

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Miguel Hernández was a poet who lived in Orihuela during the same time as Soledad's grandparents. Here, she tells us about his life and work and why, despite his early demise, he is still a renowned artist.

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Caption 29 [es]: y si no hubiera fallecido tan joven, a los treinta y un años,
Caption 29 [en]: and if he hadn't passed away so young, at thirty-one,

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