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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 42 [es]: eh... empezó a escribir "El coronel no tiene quien le escriba",
Caption 42 [en]: um... he started to write "No One Writes to the Colonel,"

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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 141 [es]: Tarragona, pues, si la... quien la quiera visitar,
Caption 141 [en]: Tarragona, well, if it... whoever wants to visit it,

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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 15 [es]: quien les diga a ustedes la historia de esta... de este personaje.
Caption 15 [en]: who tells you the story of this... of this character.

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Víctor en España - Vida y legado de Antonio Gaudí - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

In part two of his series about the Catalonian architect Antonio Gaudí, Víctor takes us to the El Raval neighborhood, where he will talk to us about one his greatest structures: Güell Palace.

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Caption 13 [es]: ¿Quién era Eusebio Güell?
Caption 13 [en]: Who was Eusebio Güell?

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Jorge Celedón, Franco de Vita - Será

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia, Venezuela

In the ballad "Será" [It will be], famed Venezuelan vallenato singer Jorge Celedón and Latin Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Franco De Vita team up to sing about love.

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Caption 18 [es]: Cada quien como es
Caption 18 [en]: Each person who they are

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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 64 [es]: Que con esta plena, yo te digo no hay quien pueda
Caption 64 [en]: Since with this plena, I tell you there's no one who can

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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 28 [es]: quien creció escuchando y tocando rumba.
Caption 28 [en]: who grew up listening to and playing rumba.

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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 1 [es]: Hola, quien les habla es Yolimar Gimón, desde acá de Venezuela.
Caption 1 [en]: Hello, the one talking to you is Yolimar Gimon, from here in Venezuela.

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Zoraida en Coro - El pintor Yepez

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Yabla introduces us to Yepez, a painter from Venezuela.

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Caption 85 [es]: Yo quiero que me digas quién es ella.
Caption 85 [en]: I want you to tell me who she is.

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

La Vela is a small town in the state of Falcón, on the northwest coast of Venezuela, where every December 28th Los Locos [“The Crazy Ones”] arrive wearing colorful and elaborated costumes. The whole town becomes a party, with businesses closing and people dancing in the streets. It’s a tradition that could be in any magical realism novel and that desperately struggles to not fall into oblivion.

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Caption 5 [es]: Cada quien es partícipe y protagonista a su manera de una tradición
Caption 5 [en]: Each one is a participant and protagonist in his or her own way in a tradition

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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 60 [es]: quien por años prepara un suculento sancocho
Caption 60 [en]: who for years has prepared a succulent stew

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