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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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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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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Venezuela

In the last part of this series of videos dedicated to the writer Gabriel García Márquez, Víctor tells us about the life of the author nicknamed "Gabo" following his return to Colombia and how the creation and publishing his world-renowned novel One Hundred Years of Solitude came about.

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Caption 3 [es]: No es fácil resumir en cuatro videos
Caption 3 [en]: It's not easy to summarize in four videos

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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

This time, we'll learn about Gabriel García Márquez's attitude towards Bogotá, his stint in Paris, and a poignant turning point in his life.

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Caption 36 [es]: le duró quizás tres, cuatro meses,
Caption 36 [en]: lasted him maybe three, four months,

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Club 10 - Capítulo 3 - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia

Aurelio attempts to repair the magic wand in hopes of restoring his friends' sleep. Will it work?

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Caption 31 [es]: Capítulo cuatro, página trescientos sesenta y siete,
Caption 31 [en]: Chapter four, page three hundred sixty-seven,

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Club 10 - Capítulo 3 - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

When Aurelio fights to stay awake to watch the live broadcast of Paris Fashion week, Juliana is not having it.

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Caption 14 [es]: Aurelio, son las cuatro de la mañana, ¡las cuatro!
Caption 14 [en]: Aurelio, it's four in the morning, four!

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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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Leyendas urbanas - El Sombrerón

Difficulty: Beginner

Guatemala

Let's hear a creepy urban legend from Guatemala: El Sombrerón, whose protagonist has a very strange fascination.

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Caption 16 [es]: Él siempre va con cuatro mulas.
Caption 16 [en]: He always goes around with four mules.

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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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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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Sonido Babel - La rumba cubana

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Cuba, Venezuela

Antonio shares with us some fascinating facts about rumba, a popular Cuban rhythm, from its African roots to its influence on other musical genres.

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Caption 44 [es]: un coro, que puede ser de una hasta cuatro, cinco personas,
Caption 44 [en]: a chorus that can be from one to four, five people,

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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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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 82 [es]: eh, pasan... pasan de los cuatro mil dólares en valor.
Caption 82 [en]: um, they go beyond... go beyond four thousand dollars in value.

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Artist Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori speaks about his latest project, a series of portraits that celebrate the nuances of black skin.

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Caption 24 [es]: más de dos, tres, cuatro
Caption 24 [en]: more than two, three, four

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Guillermo el chamán - Los rituales

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia, Mexico

Guillermo gives us an in-depth explanation of the manner in which Maya ceremonies were used to welcome the seasons, each of which represented a unique consciousness.

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Caption 24 [es]: Las siete direcciones, pues, son primero, los cuatro puntos cardinales,
Caption 24 [en]: The seven directions, well, are first, the four cardinal points,

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