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Imbabura - Elaboración de vasijas

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

Los invitamos en esta ocasión a conocer a Lucy Conejo, una artista innovadora y multifacética que hace cosas plásticas, con pintura y con vasijas.

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Pipo - Poema

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Surrounded by stunning scenery, Pipo recites "Poema 15" from the renowned book Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Canción Desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair) by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

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Caption 8 [es]: Como todas las cosas están llenas de mi alma
Caption 8 [en]: Since all things are full of my soul

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Otavalo - Bargueños

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

If you've never heard of a "bargueño," join artist Javier Troya, who will reveal to us the secrets of these unique pieces of furniture that he creates.

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Caption 46 [es]: para guardar cualquier tipo de cosas,
Caption 46 [en]: To keep any kind of thing,

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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 8 [es]: de poder despejarme de un montón de cosas,
Caption 8 [en]: for being able to clear my mind about a ton of things,

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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 15 [es]: y... él me enseñó las cosas que yo sé ahora,
Caption 15 [en]: and... he taught me the things I know now

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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 16 [es]: Eh... Los hippies le... les [sic] enseñaron a... a hacer esas cosas, así.
Caption 16 [en]: Um... The hippies they... they taught him to... to make those things and such.

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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 86 [es]: todas las cosas que están saliendo,
Caption 86 [en]: all the things that are coming out,

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Pipo - Un paseo por la playa de Atacames

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

With the help of a tour guide, Pipo shows us the wonders of Atacames Beach in Ecuador.

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Caption 17 [es]: Atacames ofrece mucho, muchas cosas como...
Caption 17 [en]: Atacames offers a lot, many things like...

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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 6 [es]: Eh... He iniciado a comprar las cosas antiguas
Caption 6 [en]: Um... I've started to buy antique items

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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 68 [es]: un montón de cosas en... en poco tiempo.
Caption 68 [en]: a ton of things in... in a little time.

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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 78 [es]: ehm... cosas frías, ensaladas frías,
Caption 78 [en]: um... cold things, cold salads,

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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 6 [es]: Dos cosas, por trabajo también porque...
Caption 6 [en]: Two things, as work also because...

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