Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
Festivaliando continues its behind-the-scenes peek at the music, performers and attendees of the famed Mono Núñez Festival in Ginebra, Valle de Cauca, Colombia.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Colombians at the Mono Núñez Festival in Cali talk about their objectives for attending it, among them the importance of preserving traditional Colombian rhythms in a period in which their mainstream popularity is waning.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
The exploration of Colombian family dynamics continues as interracial couples share the stories of how they first met and fell in love.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
At Colombia's Mono Núñez music festival, many indigenous musical instruments can be heard. Learn about some of them in this video.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
Historians continue to discuss the subjective nature of recorded history and the fine line between fiction and fact.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Twenty-two year old Estefanía García, the spokeswoman for a company in Cali, tells us her perspective on why it does not make sense to her to have children in today's society.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
What is history? What is fiction? Is history fact? Do people believe history or fiction more readily? These are the kinds of questions critics ask as "Seva Vive" continues.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Native Colombians speak about the importance of taking pride in their traditional music as well as its influences as they look forward to celebrating it at a festival.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Colombian family members speak about the dynamics of their families growing up as well as their current families and the differences between families in Colombia and the United States.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
Historians continue to point out logical gaps which call the tale of Seva's accuracy into question.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
The Colombian TV Program La Sub30 explores various aspects of today's traditional and non-traditional families, including such subjects as interracial and Common Law marriages as well as the decision to have children.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
Historians discuss the extent to which popular myths such as Seva affect people's perception of history in Puerto Rico.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
History tells us that the 1898 U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico occurred in June and from the south. The fictional short story, Seva, tells a different story, one of an invasion from the east that came a month earlier. A type of musical oral history known as a "copla" mirrors the fictional story.
Difficulty: Beginner
Puerto Rico
Luis López Nieves' short story "Seva" takes place during the 1898 US invasion of Puerto Rico, in the fictional town of the same name, Seva. The story, first published in the newspaper Claridad, and which many readers mistook for fact, has sparked a very real debate about culture, identity, history and truth amongst Puerto Ricans of all stripes. The documentary Seva Vive explores these themes.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Sin Desperdicio (Without Waste) is a different kind of radio program. Instead of news and politics, the station offers listeners talk about literature, food, culture, and of course, good music. Enter the studio and see what it's all about.
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