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Leyendas urbanas - Los duendes de Nicaragua

Difficulty: Beginner

Nicaragua

Nuestra amiga María Conchita nos trae otra interesante leyenda de Nicaragua. Esta vez los protagonistas son unos pequeños duendes que, según dice la gente, son malos espíritus que cometen muchas fechorías.

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World Travel Market en Londres - Ángela de Bolivia

Difficulty: Intermediate

Bolivia

Gente amable y comida deliciosa: estos son dos de los atractivos de Bolivia. Ángela nos cuenta sobre la nación andina.

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Willy - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Willy aprendió a tocar la guitarra casi por sí solo pero pronto descubrió la importancia de tener gente con la cual compartir su pasión. Luego nos cuenta de cómo Nueva York cambió sus gustos musicales.

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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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Leyendas urbanas - El amor de un fantasma

Difficulty: Beginner

Argentina

Let's discover this urban legend about a young woman from the nineteenth century whose life came to a tragic end.

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Caption 40 [es]: asustando a la gente
Caption 40 [en]: scaring people,

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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 56 [es]: Estamos tratando de que la gente conozca este trabajo, ¿no?,
Caption 56 [en]: We're trying to make people familiar with this work, right?

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Irwin y la acuarela - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Peru

In the last video in this series, Irwin shows us how the watercolor painting's third wash is used to add its final details and effects.

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Caption 3 [es]: "¿La gente cómo puede vivir en medio de la nada, no?",
Caption 3 [en]: "How can people live in the middle of nowhere, right?"

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Irwin y la acuarela - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Peru

Irwin Bruno, a Peruvian watercolor artist who lives in Berlin, shares with us a bit about his life and technique.

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Caption 18 [es]: a mi ciudad, a mi país, a mi gente y todo eso.
Caption 18 [en]: my city, my country, my people and all that.

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Mauricio y el maestro Arrau

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chile

Originally from Chile, renowned rock and metal musician Mauricio Nader relocated to Berlin, where he is currently finishing his degree. Today, he will tell us about one of the musicians he most admires: world-famous Chilean piano player Claudio Arrau, who also moved to Berlin as a young artist.

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Caption 10 [es]: gente que graba videos
Caption 10 [en]: people who record videos,

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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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Otavalo - Vestimenta indígena

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

From Otavalo, Ecuador, Blanquita Arias shows us the different components of the indigenous clothing from her community, which is most typically worn to attend weddings.

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Caption 1 [es]: Hola, mi gente linda, ¿cómo están?
Caption 1 [en]: Hello, my beautiful people, how are you?

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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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Hugo Rodríguez - Duendes artesanales

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

We interviewed Hugo Rodriguez from Otavalo, Ecuador, whose life's work is handcrafting elves then casting spells on them. Would you like an elf with harmonizing and protective powers for your home? Contact Hugo!

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Caption 18 [es]: Pues sí, hay mucha gente, ¿no?
Caption 18 [en]: Well, yes, there are a lot of people, right?

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Días festivos - La diablada pillareña - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Luis Moya, one of the Pillaro "devils" during the famed "Pillaro Dance of the Devils" celebration, gives us some insight into the significance behind some of its most important characters.

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Caption 8 [es]: donde está concentrada la cantidad de gente,
Caption 8 [en]: where the crowd of people are concentrated,

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Días festivos - La diablada pillareña - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Cristina talks to us about the "Diablada Pillareña" [Pillaro Dance of the Devils], a popular annual celebration in Pillaro, Ecuador that has been deemed Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

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Caption 31 [es]: y les invito a toda la gente que vengan,
Caption 31 [en]: and I invite everyone to come,

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