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Club 10 - Capítulo 3 - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

Aurelio's stand-up act focuses on his preference for long locks and the characters continue to debate who is their fans' favorite.

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Caption 69 [es]: pues, quería demostrarles que todos somos iguales.
Caption 69 [en]: well, I wanted to show you that we're all equal.

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Casabermeja - La Maragata

Difficulty: Advanced

Spain

Manuel speaks to us about Maragata, an old-time Spanish dance that originated among rural people and represented a way in which men and women could couple up both in the dance and in life.

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Caption 31 [es]: un grupo; yo digo que somos una familia.
Caption 31 [en]: a group; I say that we're a family.

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Isabel y Paula contigo - Facultad de Bellas Artes - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Spain

Paula and Isabel describe the Fine Arts Department at the Complutense University of Madrid, which has its own characteristic energy and traditions. Let's find out more!

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Caption 3 [es]: Hola, somos Paula e Isabel
Caption 3 [en]: Hello, we're Paula and Isabel,

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Estampas argentinas - El Ateneo Grand Splendid - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Venezuela

Let's hear some anecdotes and learn a bit more about the history of the Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires' most breathtaking and famous bookstore.

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Caption 29 [es]: Vine con una amiga, que las dos somos lectoras y nos pasamos libros,
Caption 29 [en]: I came with a [female] friend, as the two of us are readers, and we trade books,

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Málaga - Lourdes y la talabartería en Mijas Pueblo

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Saddlery is an old trade in Mijas Pueblo that emerged with the donkey-taxi business. Lourdes, a self-taught saddler, tells us about her trade.

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Caption 90 [es]: cada uno en su categoría, pero somos muchos artesanos
Caption 90 [en]: each one in his or her category, but there are a lot of us artisans,

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Sonido Babel - El cuatro venezolano - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

In this second part of our series on the Venezuelan cuatro, musician Leonardo Lozano explains to us how the manner in which this traditional instrument is played varies between geographical regions.

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Caption 34 [es]: nosotros somos herederos de tres componentes étnicos,
Caption 34 [en]: we are the heirs to three ethnic components

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Viajando con Fermín - Genalguacil - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Let's take a look at how contemporary art has transformed the lives of the inhabitants of Genalguacil, thanks to the unique cultural projects it has undertaken.

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Caption 18 [es]: porque somos un pueblo muy pequeño,
Caption 18 [en]: because we're a very a small town,

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Viajando con Fermín - Genalguacil - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

The mayor of Genalguacil explains to us some of the nuances and history of this unique town-museum with just over five hundred inhabitants, full of wonders both natural and man-made.

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Caption 40 [es]: Somos y tenemos uno de los abetos endémicos de aquí,
Caption 40 [en]: We are, and we have one of the endemic fir trees from here,

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Guillermina y Candelario - Un Dia de Pesca - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Guillermina and Candelario are excited to embark on a fishing trip with their beloved grandpa.

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Caption 43 [es]: ¡Pero si nosotros somos unos expertos pescadores!
Caption 43 [en]: But we're expert fishermen!

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Jose Quinchuqui, a craftsman from Otavalo, Ecuador, fills us in about some of the details of his work, the different materials he employs, and the various ways in which he and his siblings contribute to the family business.

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Caption 2 [es]: Nosotros en mi familia somos diez personas,
Caption 2 [en]: In my family, there are ten of us,

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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 33 [es]: porque nosotros somos de la generación donde, que...
Caption 33 [en]: because we are from the generation where, that...

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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 63 [es]: Somos de Latinoamérica, Centroamérica, de Estados Unidos,
Caption 63 [en]: We're from Latin America, Central America, from the United States,

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Guillermina y Candelario - El Mejor Columpio

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Guillermina and Candelario enjoy a day at the beach with the help of a palm tree that they use as a swing, but something incredible happens when Guillermina gets tangled up in it.

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Caption 52 [es]: ¿Sí ves, Guillermina? ¡Somos campeones!
Caption 52 [en]: Do you see, Guillermina? We're champions!

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 9

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

In the conclusion to this series about Colombian painter Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori, he shares with us how he has evolved with age and how such has affected his work.

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Caption 19 [es]: pero así en crudo, somos más capaces de leer, eh...
Caption 19 [en]: but raw like this, we're more capable of reading, um...

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 7

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Artist Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori explains the roles of his color palette and light in his attempt to represent a plethora of shades of brown and black skin.

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Caption 23 [es]: eh... y finalmente, lo que somos también por dentro,
Caption 23 [en]: um... and in the end, what we are inside as well,

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