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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

La Vela es un pequeño pueble en el estado de Falcón, al norte de Venezuela. En La Vela, cada 28 de diciembre, se celebra el día de los inocentes con la llegada de “Los Locos”, una comitiva de personajes que usan trajes vistosos y coloridos y hacen un recorrido por las calles. A su llegada, todo el pueblo se convierte en una fiesta, los negocios cierran y la gente baila en las calles. Sin duda, esta especie de festival que celebra La Vela parace sacado de una novela del Realismo mágico.

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Víctor en España - La fiesta de Santa Tecla

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain, Venezuela

Víctor Díaz introduces us to the vibrant Santa Tecla festival in Tarragona, Spain. With the help of a local, we will learn about some of the festival's entertaining events as well as the beauty and inviting atmosphere of the city of Tarragona.

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Caption 59 [es]: hay muchísima gente.
Caption 59 [en]: there are a ton of people.

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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 43 [es]: tenían el problema de que cada vez se desplazaba más gente a la religión cristiana
Caption 43 [en]: they had the problem that more and more people were moving to the Christian religion,

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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 62 [es]: la gente le llamó plena.
Caption 62 [en]: people called it plena.

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Yolimar Gimón - sobre el concurso Mrs. Venezuela - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Yolimar Gimon, one of the ten finalists in the "Mrs. Venezuela" contest in 2012, tells us a bit about how the contest gives the chance to a bit more mature women to prove their abilities outside of the home as well as what her participation in the contest meant to her.

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Caption 42 [es]: Hola, mami, un saludo a la cámara para la gente de Yabla. -¡Hola!
Caption 42 [en]: Hello, honey, a greeting for the camera for the people of Yabla. -Hello!

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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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La Calle 8 - Un recorrido fascinante

Difficulty: Intermediate

Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela

Welcome to Miami's Calle Ocho, a street in Miami which allows us to catch a glimpse not only of Cuban culture, but also the various other Latin American cultures which merge and congregate there.

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Caption 18 [es]: y la gente que son muy atenta y muy respetuosa.
Caption 18 [en]: and the people who are very attentive and very respectful.

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Conversaciones con Luis - Astrología

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Luis receives a class in the basics of astrology, a science which utilizes the location of the planets when individuals are born and may help us to make decisions about specific aspects of our lives during specific periods.

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Caption 20 [es]: estudiaban el comportamiento de la gente,
Caption 20 [en]: they studied people's behavior,

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

It’s quite possible that El Día de Los Locos, as celebrated in La Vela de Coro, has its roots as far back as the Roman Empire, which celebrated Saturnalia at the same time of year. Both festivals, historically, involve turning the social order on its head, with slaves dressing like their masters.

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Caption 1 [es]: Contentos, felices de trabajar con esta gente maravillosa
Caption 1 [en]: Pleased, happy to work with these wonderful people

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Most English speakers have at some time in their lives heard Donovan sing “The Hurdy Gurdy Man,” but how many knew what such a man did? The woman in this video talks about a musical family that used to play the sinfonía, and indeed this is the Spanish name for the hand-crank organ known as a “hurdy gurdy.”

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Caption 41 [es]: Y a mucha gente le impactó y le gustó.
Caption 41 [en]: And it shocked many people and they liked it.

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Vela, a word often used for “candle,” or “sail,” can also mean “wakefulness,” as in “vigilance.” It’s related to the verb velar, “to stand watch.” The name of the port city of La Vela de Coro refers not to the “sails” of merchant ships (as many assume) but rather to this town’s role as a “lookout” point for marauding pirates. One-eyed peg-legs are now less common, but the carnivalesque annual festival of Los Locos continues on.

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Caption 40 [es]: Pero son gente que hay que darles su valor
Caption 40 [en]: But they are people who we must recognize

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