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Otavalo - Claudia y sus pinturas

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Claudia, a painter and fine and visual artist, explains to us the importance of being able to express herself through her art and how she began to paint for others on commission as well as creating her own brand of "Capullu" caps.

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Caption 17 [es]: He pintado incluso con tierra, con café, con achote, eh...
Caption 17 [en]: I've even painted with soil, with coffee, with achiote, um...

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El coronavirus - Impresiones en Otavalo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

In the midst of the totally unexpected quarantine caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, some inhabitants of Otavalo, Ecuador, share with us some of their experiences and lessons learned.

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Caption 45 [es]: destruir bosques, eh... sacar los minerales de la tierra y para eso
Caption 45 [en]: destroying forests, um... extracting minerals from the earth and therefore

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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 57 [es]: y tienen frío acá en la tierra.
Caption 57 [en]: and they're cold here on Earth.

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Otavalo - Jorge, creador de atrapasueños

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Dreamcatchers are a type of talisman that are thought to ward off bad energy while retaining the good. Jorge Musuña, who makes them for a living in Otavalo, Ecuador, talks to us about their many sizes and varieties and their process of creation.

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Caption 20 [es]: Algunos representan la Madre Tierra,
Caption 20 [en]: Some represent Mother Earth,

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Imbabura - Finca de azúcar morena

Difficulty: Advanced

Ecuador

Modesto Nicolas Gomez Burgos shows us how organic brown sugar is produced at the Santa Barbara factory located in Imbabura, Ecuador.

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Caption 57 [es]: porque siempre tiene tierra la... la... la caña.
Caption 57 [en]: because the... the... cane's always got dirt.

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Saraguro - Tienda "Colors"

Difficulty: Advanced

Ecuador

Manuel Quispe, owner of the indigenous clothing shop, Colors, in Saraguro, Ecuador, explains to us about some of the items they sell, particularly their handcrafted traditional necklaces.

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Caption 4 [es]: Antigua'... Más antes vivía afuera de mi tierra.
Caption 4 [en]: Before... Before (that) I used to live away from my land.

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Tradiciones indígenas - Visitando los difuntos

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Celebrated in Ecuador on November second, the Day of the Dead is a time for family members to gather together and pay respects through customs involving food, prayer and music, to deceased family members, whom they view as very much alive energetically.

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Caption 26 [es]: el cambio de los frutos de la tierra que nos ha regalado Dios,
Caption 26 [en]: the change of the fruit from the land that God has given us,

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Otavalo - Kawsay quinua y amaranto - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Marcelo continues to edify us on the benefits of amaranth and quinoa for various parts of our minds and bodies.

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Caption 24 [es]: No se da en tierra de altitud baja.
Caption 24 [en]: It does not happen on low altitude land.

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