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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

El artista Leonardo Rodríguez Sirtori explica cómo, con algunas excepciones, la representación de figuras e historia europeas a menudo ha prevalecido en el arte. Su esperanza es que el arte en todo el mundo refleje cada vez más las figuras de los afrodescendientes, particularmente a través de los ojos de los artistas de ascendencia africana.

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Cleer - El patito feo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Cleer nos narra esta vez un cuento clásico: "El patito feo" del escritor danés Hans Christian Andersen. La moraleja de la historia es ya bien conocida, y se podría resumir con la expresión "las apariencias engañan". Seguramente cada uno de ustedes descubrirá otras enseñanzas.

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Guillermina y Candelario - La competencia de baile - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Guillermina y Candelario terminan de contar la historia de su aventura bailarina en el fondo del mar.

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Guillermina y Candelario - Una aventura extrema - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Guillermina y Candelario le cuentan al Abuelo sobre una emocionante aventura que tuvieron. La televisión, la playa y una traviesa mantaraya son todas parte de esta historia.

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - América precolombina - El mito de Bachué

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos explains the different roles myths have played historically and tells us the Muisca myth of Bachué, which explains the origin of Man.

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

After reading us his flash fiction story, "Para siempre" [Forever], Carlos offers some insight into the historical backdrop, events, and characters that inspired him.

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

After shedding some light on the flash fiction genre and providing us with some examples, Carlos finally reads us the piece with which he placed among the finalists at a prominent flash fiction contest in Barcelona. Can you understand any of the meaning behind it?

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Let's listen to a couple of examples of flash fiction stories to better understand what this literary genre is all about. Entitled "Destino" [Fate] and "Soñando despierta" [Daydreaming], both pieces received awards at prestigious international flash fiction contests.

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In the first part of this series, Carlos introduces us to the characteristics of flash fiction, a literary genre distinguished by its succinctness and ability to capture the reader from the first word to the last.

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - América precolombina - El mito de Bochica

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos closes his series on pre-Columbian America by sharing with us the myth of Bochica, a God thought to be responsible for several natural phenomena.

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - América precolombina - Mitos y leyendas Muiscas

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos introduces us to the Muiscas, one of the most developed pre-Columbian civilizations to inhabit the Cundiboyacense plateau in the central part of present day Colombia.

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Cleer - La gramática del cuento "El patito feo" - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

With examples from the famous tale, "The Ugly Duckling," Cleer touches on some of the verb tenses typically employed in children's stories in Spanish.

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Caption 29 [es]: En nuestra historia "El patito feo"
Caption 29 [en]: In our story, "The Ugly Duckling,"

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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 58 [es]: ven el pesebre y compartimos esa historia.
Caption 58 [en]: they see the manger, and we share that story.

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Bogotá - Chorro de Quevedo

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia

Located in the popular La Candelaria neighborhood, the Chorro de Quevedo Plaza is one of Bogota, Colombia's most renowned tourist attractions and according to one theory, the site of the founding of the city itself. Tourists and locals alike flock there for both its historic and current significance, many hoping to try the famous "chicha," an indigenous fermented corn drink.

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Caption 20 [es]: y pasó a ser, mmm... historia, pues,
Caption 20 [en]: and it came to be, mmm... history, well,

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Despite having been inspired by a multitude of diverse subjects throughout his artistic career, Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori's gallery owner asks him to compile an exhibition focusing on his dark-skinned portraits.

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Caption 13 [es]: independiente de cuál es su historia
Caption 13 [en]: independent of what their story is

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