Lida and Cleer introduce us to even more items that cannot be missing from a typical Colombian household.

Without a doubt, in every country in the world, there are typical items that are considered indispensable. Let's join Lida and Cleer in learning about several traditional items that Colombian homes in different regions cannot do without.

Cleer and Carolina run into each other food shopping during the Christmas holidays after not seeing each other for a very long time. Let's find out about their holiday plans and menus!

In this video, Carlos tells us about the extensive conversational use of the imperative form by the people from Cali as seen in the popular Colombian series "La sucursal del cielo."

In the third part of this lesson, Carlos analyzes several clips from the series La Sucursal del Cielo [Heaven's Subsidiary] to explain how the characters use the"voseo," or informal "you" in certain regions, in their conversations.

In the second part of this lesson that deals with the Colombian series "Sucursal del Cielo," Carlos focuses on the "voseo," or use of the second person singular pronoun "vos" that is used in lieu of "tú" in certain regions, dealing specifically with the manner in which it is employed in Cali, Colombia, where the show takes place.

Carlos offers us some commentary about the challenging series La Sucursal del Cielo, focusing in this first part on some aspects of the city in which it is set.

Now, Carlos' Uncle Fredy will show us how to make an "año viejo" doll from old, no-longer-used clothing, which will ultimately be burned as part of a Colombian tradition that represents "out with the old, in with the new."

Carlos and his Uncle Fredy talk to us about the tradition of the "año viejo" in Colombia. Literally meaning "old year" (and also the name for the "New Year's Eve" holiday), an "año viejo" is symbolic doll that can represent a multitude of themes and especially the leaving behind of the sorrows, failures, and suffering of the year that is ending in order to kick off a better New Year.

At the bus station, Cleer meets a girl who urgently needs to get to La Candelaria, only to find out that the bus she needs isn't running. Can Cleer help?

Lida and Cleer share more details about the Carnival of Barranquilla, the second largest carnival in Latin America after Brazil's.

The Carnival of Barranquilla, the most important folkloric and cultural event in Colombia, begins on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday and ends on the Tuesday after. In this video, Cleer tells us a bit about what we can expect at this international celebration.

As a man kicks out his cheating wife, a young girl anxiously awaits the result of her pregnancy test.

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.

A passionate cattle ranch owner tells us about the procedure at a Colombian dairy farm, including the entire process of cow milking.