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Sonido Babel - El cuatro venezolano (3 videos)

In this third part of the series on the Venezuelan cuatro, Leonardo Lozano shares with us the names and functions of some of the parts that comprise it.

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Viajando con Fermín - Festival de Cine SSIFF - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

En esta ocasión, Fermín comparte con nosotros más datos sobre la 70ª edición del Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián durante el cual se acogieron ciento noventa y tres películas de más de cincuenta y cuatro países representados.

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Antonio Vargas - Artista - ilustración - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Quizá conozcas la baraja española, con sus clásicas ilustraciones de reyes y caballeros en cuatro trajes. Nuestro amigo ilustrador Antonio Vargas ha creado una original Baraja mexicana con dibujos que se inspiran en la imaginería de los pueblos nativos mexicanos: los aztecas, olmecas, toltecas y mayas.

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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 35 [es]: o cuadrigas de cuatro caballos,
Caption 35 [en]: or four-horse chariots with four horses

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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 31 [es]: y otro circuito con unos cuatro, cinco kilómetros
Caption 31 [en]: and another circuit of about four, five kilometers

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Cristina - Museo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

From Ecuador's Mindalae Ethnohistorical Museum of Crafts, Cristina explains to us a bit about Ecuador's history as well as its indigenous peoples, for whom the close connection between human beings, nature, and the spiritual world is of the utmost importance.

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Caption 37 [es]: Para el mundo andino existen cuatro fiestas o "raymis",
Caption 37 [en]: For the Andean world, there are four festivals or "raymis,"

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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 53 [es]: y en aproximadamente cuatro horitas en total
Caption 53 [en]: and in approximately four hours total,

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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 46 [es]: cortándole tiras de los cuatro costados,
Caption 46 [en]: by cutting strips from its four sides,

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Viajando con Fermín - El Rijksmuseum - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

If you ever go to Amsterdam, you mustn't miss out on one of its best-known museums: the Rijksmuseum. Let's accompany Fermín on his visit!

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Caption 73 [es]: por cuatro con cincuenta y tres metros de ancho
Caption 73 [en]: by four point five three meters wide

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Adriana y la fiesta de los muertos - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

In part two of this video about the Day of the Dead celebration in Berlin, Adriana explains the elements that an offering to the dead contains, from sugar skulls to copal to music.

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Caption 38 [es]: pidiendo permiso a los cuatro puntos cardinales,
Caption 38 [en]: asking permission from the four cardinal points,

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Viajando con Fermín - Genalguacil - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Let's take a look at how contemporary art has transformed the lives of the inhabitants of Genalguacil, thanks to the unique cultural projects it has undertaken.

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Caption 13 [es]: que se inició en el dos mil cuatro.
Caption 13 [en]: that began in two thousand four.

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Viajando con Fermín - Genalguacil - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

The mayor of Genalguacil explains to us some of the nuances and history of this unique town-museum with just over five hundred inhabitants, full of wonders both natural and man-made.

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Caption 12 [es]: En el año noventa y cuatro se iniciaron los Encuentros de Arte
Caption 12 [en]: In nineteen ninety-four, the Encounters for Art started

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Sonido Babel - La plena de Puerto Rico

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico, Venezuela

In this episode of Sonido Babel, we'll learn about plena: a musical genre from Puerto Rico that is played with a multitude of different instruments and deals with a plethora of topics from religion, events, recipes, advice, and even superstitions.

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Caption 32 [es]: guitarra, cuatro, güiro, maraca, bongo,
Caption 32 [en]: guitar, cuatro, güiro, maraca, bongo [drum],

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Amaya - Vínculo: un mural muy especial

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Amaya tells us the story behind "Vínculo" [Bond], a very special mural painted by renowned Spanish artist Adrian Torres at her donkey sanctuary.

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Caption 35 [es]: y estuvo aquí cuatro días acompañándome a mí y a mis burros
Caption 35 [en]: and he was here for four days, accompanying me and my donkeys

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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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Caption 50 [es]: que han venido acá desde que tienen cuatro, cinco, seis años,
Caption 50 [en]: who've come here since they're four, five, six years old,

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