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Club 10 - Capítulo 3 - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

Juli's friend Liliana introduces us to the exciting and educational Age of the Dinosaurs museum exhibit and tells us what we can expect to find there.

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Caption 34 [es]: de sentir y de vivir todo el tiempo en el cual ellos vivieron acá en la Tierra.
Caption 34 [en]: to feel and live the whole era in which they lived here on Earth.

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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 53 [es]: ya que Dios le había dado poder para gobernar sobre el cielo y la tierra,
Caption 53 [en]: since God had given him power to rule over Heaven and Earth,

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Guillermo el chamán - Los rituales

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia, Mexico

Guillermo gives us an in-depth explanation of the manner in which Maya ceremonies were used to welcome the seasons, each of which represented a unique consciousness.

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Caption 29 [es]: y luego viene la tierra... -Mm-hmm.
Caption 29 [en]: and then comes the land... -Mm-hmm.

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Guillermo el chamán - La cosmología de los mayas

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Mexico

Guillermo the shaman, an expert in Mayan cosmology, explains the origin of and symbolism behind the Mayan word "chamamán" as well as some other interesting aspects of their belief system.

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Caption 22 [es]: de que estás pisando la tierra.
Caption 22 [en]: that you're stepping on the earth.

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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 15 [es]: Por esa época, la luna todavía no alumbraba la Tierra
Caption 15 [en]: In those days, the moon still didn't illuminate the Earth

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Guillermina y Candelario - El Gran Descubrimiento

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

In the process of recounting to their grandpa their adventures while looking for Guillermina's lost kite, Guillermina and Candelario learn all about volcanoes and islands.

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Caption 30 [es]: No, estábamos en un pedacito de tierra en medio del río.
Caption 30 [en]: No, we were on a little piece of land in the middle of the river.

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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 23 [es]: y casi toda la tierra estaba cubierta de agua,
Caption 23 [en]: and almost the entire earth was covered in water,

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Mambe & Danochilango - Cumbia Universal

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Mexico

"Mambe & Danochilango" sing about a "Cumbia Universal" [Universal Cumbia] with the power to liberate individuals and unite nations.

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Caption 48 [es]: Yo soy humana, yo en la Tierra nací
Caption 48 [en]: I am human, I was born on Earth

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Carlos comenta - Confidencial - Vocabulario y expresiones

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos enlightens us about several words and expressions that come up in the series, "Confidential: The King of Cons," some of which are quite particular to Colombian Spanish.

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Caption 52 [es]: y "tierrita", diminutivo de tierra.
Caption 52 [en]: and "tierrita," the diminutive of "tierra" [land].

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Beatriz Noguera - Exposición de Arte

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Colombian painter, Beatriz Noguera, tells us a bit about her work and its cultural and mythological inspirations.

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Caption 25 [es]: la tierra ella pobló.
Caption 25 [en]: she populated the earth.

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Guillermina y Candelario - Una aventura extrema - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Guillermina and Candelario go to the beach... to watch television! But, can they agree on what to watch?

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Caption 2 [es]: Ahí va la serpiente, de tierra caliente
Caption 2 [en]: There goes the snake, from hot land

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Festivaliando - Mono Núñez - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

As the festival continues, we meet a group of Colombians who talk about how they've modernized the themes of the Andean music they play. We also meet an Argentinian who shares about the types of songs she performs.

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Caption 24 [es]: los cantos tradicionales que son a la tierra,
Caption 24 [en]: the traditional songs which are about the land,

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Festivaliando - Mono Núñez - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Singing in Nasa Yuwe, their native language, is one way in which Colombia's indigenous Nasa population strives to preserve and make more visible their language, culture and customs.

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Caption 32 [es]: con... que... que aman la... la tierra,
Caption 32 [en]: with... who... who love the... the land,

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Acercándonos a la Literatura - García Lorca - Alma ausente

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In this video, Luis reads Federico Garcia Lorca's poem "Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias."

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Caption 17 [es]: como todos los muertos de la Tierra,
Caption 17 [en]: like all the dead of the Earth,

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