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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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Imbabura - Elaboración de vasijas

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

Meet Lucy Conejo, a fine arts artist who creates one-of-a-kind painted pots.

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Caption 19 [es]: Hace varios años, mm...
Caption 19 [en]: Several years ago, mm...

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Otavalo - Claudia y sus pinturas

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Claudia, a painter and fine and visual artist, explains to us the importance of being able to express herself through her art and how she began to paint for others on commission as well as creating her own brand of "Capullu" caps.

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Caption 12 [es]: Eh... años atrás he experimentado con crayones,
Caption 12 [en]: Um... years ago, I've experimented with crayons,

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Otavalo - Maestro violinista

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Let's get to know Gato Amantu Cabascango Garzon, a world-renowned violin maker who resides in Otavalo, Ecuador.

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Caption 5 [es]: trece años a la construcción de instrumentos y tuv'...
Caption 5 [en]: thirteen years old to building instruments, and I ha'...

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Otavalo - Artesanos

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Jose Quinchuqui, a craftsman from Otavalo, Ecuador, fills us in about some of the details of his work, the different materials he employs, and the various ways in which he and his siblings contribute to the family business.

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Caption 31 [es]: Yo he trabajado desde los cinco años
Caption 31 [en]: I've worked since I was five years old,

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Otavalo - Jorge, creador de atrapasueños

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Dreamcatchers are a type of talisman that are thought to ward off bad energy while retaining the good. Jorge Musuña, who makes them for a living in Otavalo, Ecuador, talks to us about their many sizes and varieties and their process of creation.

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Caption 4 [es]: Vivo aquí en Otavalo alrededor de veintiocho a treinta años,
Caption 4 [en]: I've lived here in Otavalo for about twenty-eight to thirty years,

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Saraguro - Tienda "Colors"

Difficulty: Advanced

Ecuador

Manuel Quispe, owner of the indigenous clothing shop, Colors, in Saraguro, Ecuador, explains to us about some of the items they sell, particularly their handcrafted traditional necklaces.

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Caption 3 [es]: Eh... Esta tienda lo [sic] hemos montado hace dos años.
Caption 3 [en]: Um... We've set up this store two years ago.

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Estudio de grabación - MS Records

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Henry Gomez, owner of the "MS Records" recording studio, shares his memories and what a lifetime spent as a music producer in Imbabura, Ecuador means to him.

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Caption 7 [es]: digamos, unos diez años aproximadamente,
Caption 7 [en]: let's say about ten years approximately,

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Otavalo - La fiesta Inti Raymi

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Residents of Otavalo, Ecuador, explain to us how they celebrate "Inti Raymi," an Inca Empire celebration in honor of the sun god, "Inti," and how it helps them to preserve their culture.

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Caption 43 [es]: unos doce años así, ¿no?
Caption 43 [en]: about twelve years or so, right?

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Otavalo - Antiguedades 'La Reliquia'

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Ecuadorian antique shop owner, Víctor Echeverría, shares with us its history and some of its unique treasures.

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Caption 7 [es]: desde hace más o menos unos treinta años.
Caption 7 [en]: about thirty years ago.

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Julia Silva - Su cortometraje "Crisálida"

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Ecuadorian filmmaker, Julia Silva, shares with us a bit about her second short film, "Crisálida" (Chyrsalis), as well as what she loves about shorts as opposed to feature films.

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Caption 3 [es]: El... El primero lo hice hace unos ocho años en Argentina
Caption 3 [en]: The... The first one I did about eight years ago in Argentina

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Un café con Julia - Navidad

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

Julia and Pipo talk about their Christmas traditions- or lack thereof- and how the meaning of Christmas seems to have changed in modern times.

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Caption 32 [es]: Pero eso sí, todos los años ponemos el árbol de Navidad pero...
Caption 32 [en]: But of course, we put up the Christmas tree every year but...

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Otavalo - Un músico andino y su viaje junto a la zampoña

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

An Ecuadorian player of the siku, a traditional Andean instrument, tells us how his music has taken him around the world.

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Caption 2 [es]: A partir ya de los, eh... doce años,
Caption 2 [en]: Starting already at, um... twelve years old,

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Otavalo - Artesano de monigotes de Año Viejo

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Meet Manuel Leon, an Ecuadorian artist who makes effigies for the "Año Viejo" tradition which symbolically brings in the New Year by burning them as representations of the negative aspects of the past one.

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Caption 4 [es]: Los monigotes, ya tengo ocho años ya haciendo.
Caption 4 [en]: The dolls, I've now been making them for eight years.

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