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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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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Venezuela

En la última parte de esta serie de videos dedicada al escritor Gabriel García Márquez, Víctor nos relata cómo fue la vida de Gabo tras su regreso a Colombia y cómo surgió la creación de su famosa novela Cien años de soledad.

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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

Conozcamos más detalles sobre la vida de García Márquez, sus inicios como escritor y algunos indicios sobre el origen de una de sus obras más famosas: Cien años de soledad.

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Víctor en España - La fiesta de Santa Tecla

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain, Venezuela

Con motivo de la fiesta de Santa Tecla, Víctor Díaz nos saluda desde Tarragona, donde ha tenido la ocasión de entrevistar a un ciudadano de esta ciudad. Él nos cuenta en qué consiste esta fiesta que se celebra todos los años en el mes de septiembre.

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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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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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Caption 13 [es]: vivió aquí en Barcelona nueve años.
Caption 13 [en]: lived here in Barcelona for nine years.

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Víctor en España - Vida y legado de Antonio Gaudí - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

In this last video in honor of the great architect Antonio Gaudí, Victor tells us some interesting anecdotes that happened to him during the making of this series as well as about the love life of Antonio Gaudí.

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Caption 47 [es]: un hombre que se dedicó los últimos años de su vida
Caption 47 [en]: a man who devoted the last years of his life

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Víctor en España - La Plaza de San Felipe Neri de Barcelona

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

From San Felipe Neri Plaza in Barcelona, Spain, Víctor Díaz offers us some insight into this site's historical importance and why it serves as a monument to world peace.

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Caption 17 [es]: apenas habían pasado aproximadamente, eh... unos veinte, veinticinco años
Caption 17 [en]: approximately, um... about twenty, twenty-five years had barely passed

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Estampas argentinas - El Ateneo Grand Splendid - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Venezuela

Let's hear some anecdotes and learn a bit more about the history of the Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires' most breathtaking and famous bookstore.

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Caption 35 [es]: Sí, hace muchos años, ¿no?
Caption 35 [en]: Yes, many years ago, right?

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Estampas argentinas - El Ateneo Grand Splendid - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Venezuela

Let's visit the Ateneo Grand Splendid, a bookstore in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that was formerly a theater and was declared by National Geographic the most beautiful bookstore in the world.

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Caption 46 [es]: Y después, ¿no?, con los años, vino Charly García, Abel Pintos;
Caption 46 [en]: And afterwards, right? Over the years, Charly García, Abel Pintos came;

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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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Víctor en España - La fiesta de Sant Magí

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain, Venezuela

Every August, the city of Tarragona celebrates the Sant Magí festival. Let's listen to retired social education professor Joan Martínez Manet tell us the fascinating story behind this celebration.

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Caption 9 [es]: que se celebra todos los años aquí en Tarragona
Caption 9 [en]: that is held every year here in Tarragona

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Víctor en España - Vida y legado de Antonio Gaudí - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain, Venezuela

Antonio Gaudí was a famous Catalan architect, internationally recognized as one of the most prodigious experts in his discipline. Let's find out some details about him and his relationship with his hometown, Reus, in the province of Tarragona.

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Caption 61 [es]: Nací en Riudoms y vivo en Reus desde muchos años
Caption 61 [en]: I was born in Riudoms, and I've lived in Reus for many years,

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Sonido Babel - El rap

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

In this episode of Sonido Babel [Babel Sound], we'll learn a bit about the origin and history of rap music. We've even invited rapper Junior High to join us, who'll help you learn more Spanish with a very special rap.

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Caption 13 [es]: a finales de los años setenta.
Caption 13 [en]: in the late nineteen seventies.

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Sonido Babel - El candombe de Uruguay

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Uruguay, Venezuela

What is candombe? In this episode from Sonido Babel [Babel Sound], we'll travel to Uruguay to find out more about this musical style that is influenced by more than twenty different African cultures as well as the indigenous Charrúas and Guaranis, the Spanish, and the Portuguese.

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Caption 4 [es]: es una realidad que tiene más de quinientos años.
Caption 4 [en]: is a reality that is more than five hundred years old.

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