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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Manuel y El barrilito

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Manuel Guarneros was the famous Mexican singer Chavela Vargas' main guitar player. In this video, he'll share with us his perception about various Mexican accents and slang as well as performing for us a piece of the popular polka song "El barrilito" [literally "The Little Barrel"], which is known in English as Beer Barrel Polka.

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Caption 49 [es]: eh... en Berlín, en Alemania creen [sic] mucha gente que es alemán.
Caption 49 [en]: um... in Berlin, in Germany, a lot of people think it's German.

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Luis Miguel - La Bikina

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Luis Miguel performs his famous tune, "La Bikina," which refers to a tormented woman. Composed by Ruben Fuentes, some say he coined the term after seeing women in bikinis during a walk on the beach, while others claim it was inspired by a legend during the times of the Cristeros in Jalisco, Mexico.

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Caption 2 [es]: La gente se pone a murmurar
Caption 2 [en]: People start to whisper

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Guillermo el chamán - tocando el tambor

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia, Mexico

Guillermo speaks about how the sound of the drum represents keeping moving rather than staying stagnant in life and how increasing one's sphere of vision and confronting one's emotions can lead to balance and ultimately, happiness.

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Caption 13 [es]: y la gente se mueve generalmente en círculo,
Caption 13 [en]: and the people generally move in a circle,

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Mambe & Danochilango - Cumbia Universal

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Mexico

"Mambe & Danochilango" sing about a "Cumbia Universal" [Universal Cumbia] with the power to liberate individuals and unite nations.

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Caption 5 [es]: Fuego de lucha para mi gente
Caption 5 [en]: Fire of struggle for my people

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Mérida y sus alrededores - Haciendas de Cuzamá

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico Venezuela

Our guide introduces us to the Cuzama haciendas, a hidden location in the Yucatan jungle where one can admire the remains of colonial haciendas formerly dedicated to the production of henequen, a type of Central American agave also known as sisal.

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Caption 29 [es]: la gente empezó a llamar a este producto henequén,
Caption 29 [en]: people started calling this henequen product,

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Mariachi - El amor de la música mexicana

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico, Venezuela

Lifelong mariachi artists explain their passion for the mariachi music and way of life.

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Caption 8 [es]: Es un lenguaje universal que se comunica con la demás gente, con todas las personas de...
Caption 8 [en]: It's a universal language that is communicated with other people, with all of the people of...

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Mérida y sus alrededores - Cenotes de Cuzamá

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Our guide, Claudia, takes us on a tour of the amazing natural wonder, the cenotes of Cuzamá, cave formations with natural springs in which one can experience the rejuvenating effects of immersion.

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Caption 15 [es]: para que las [sic] gente pueda bajar a conocerlo.
Caption 15 [en]: so that people can go down and see it.

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Sergio en Monterrey - El ámbar mexicano

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Sergio from Monterrey, Mexico, tells us about Mexico's great variety of amber as well as some of the ins and outs of the amber business.

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Caption 46 [es]: que... va con los... con la gente que lo saca, que regularmente son indígenas,
Caption 46 [en]: that... goes with the... with the people who extract it, who usually are indigenous people,

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Baja Beans Café - 3- Los granos de café y la máquina tostadora

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Our hostess at Baja Beans in Pescadero, Baja California tells us a bit about their coffee's roasting process.

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Caption 63 [es]: un poco sobre la gente también de México.
Caption 63 [en]: a bit about the people from Mexico also.

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Ramón Hernandez-Barajas - Sus pinturas - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

We chat a little longer with Tijuana painter Ramón Hernández Barajas and we learn even more about his beautiful paintings. El Maestro is trying to change the face of Tijuana into a more cultural and artistic city.

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Caption 35 [es]: eh... que vea la gente que hay otra...
Caption 35 [en]: um... that the people see that there is another...

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Ramón Hernandez-Barajas - Sus pinturas - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Ramón Hernandez-Barajas, professional painter, tells us about his paintings, from composition to technique. One thing is obvious, even if it’s left unsaid: he loves to paint!

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Caption 9 [es]: convivir con la gente y al mismo tiempo trabajar, ¿verdad?
Caption 9 [en]: coexist with the people and, at the same time, work, right?

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Lo que no sabías - Arte electrónico - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Ideas about what art is are always evolving. Throwing “electronic” into the mix seems to get things going even faster! In this episode of What You Didn't Know, see how the world of art continues to change as electronic art becomes a prevalent art form. But with all the controversy about whether or not electronic art is a valid art form, some try to keep in mind that the message is the most important thing.

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Caption 39 [es]: la gente que es aceptada es validada por una institución
Caption 39 [en]: the people who are accepted are validated by an institution

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Lo que no sabías - Arte electrónico - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

More on the thought-provoking, circuit-straining arts created via technology. Are you ready to enter new virtual environments and meet the artists behind them? Here’s part 4 of our 5-part series.

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Caption 10 [es]: Y que la gente, pues, que tenga el empaque, pues, se dedique a sembrarlos, ¿no?
Caption 10 [en]: And for the people, well, who have the package, well, to go and plant them, right?

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Lo que no sabías - Arte electrónico - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Mexico

The more we know, the bigger the dark abyss of our ignorance seems to become. Don’t worry: We can’t understand all of what this guy is saying either. That’s why the name of the show is Lo que no sabías. Follow this fast-talker to learn a bit more about electronic art, audiorhythmic shock boxes, the first computers and more…

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Caption 15 [es]: Y lo que hago es que la gente, este... tenga un "necessaire" modificado,
Caption 15 [en]: And what I do is that people, um... have a necessary modification,

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Lo que no sabías - Arte electrónico - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Mexico

Want to know what you didn’t know before? Here’s the first in our series of what you didn’t know about… electronic art. We talk to a veteran electronic artist who’s been playing around with computers since the old Commodore and Amiga machines connected to TV sets. He’s linking and looping, moving from one networked idea to the next. See if you can follow his rapid-fire monologue about his digital works.

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Caption 44 [es]: Que es la primer capa de la cebolla que la gente empieza a leer
Caption 44 [en]: That is the first layer of an onion that people begin to read

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