Manuel Guarneros was the famous Mexican singer Chavela Vargas' main guitar player. In this video, he'll share with us his perception about various Mexican accents and slang as well as performing for us a piece of the popular polka song "El barrilito" [literally "The Little Barrel"], which is known in English as Beer Barrel Polka.

This time, Michael Guaján teaches us the origins of the pan flute and shows us how it is played.

Mishel Varela is an instructor of pole dance, an athletic pursuit that has become very popular in Ecuador. From her pole dance school, she tells us about the benefits of this discipline as well as its origins.

The owner of the Tarpuy nursery near Otavalo, Ecuador, tells us about some of the different plants, pots, and prices they offer as well as a bit of her philosophy regarding their care.

View "Anestesiado" [Anesthetized], the most recent production by Venezuelan musician Eduardo Cedeño, a.k.a. Tatobox. In this video, shot in New York City where he currently resides, the artist shows us his passion for audiovisual effects.

Evelyn Hevia Jordán, a Chilean doctoral student living in Berlin, is interested in how such cultural elements as food, music, and dance can serve as symbols of identity for immigrants living abroad. In this video, she talks about one such representation of Chilean culture: delicious empanadas!

Welcome to Tarpuy, a nursery near the city of Otavalo that launched during the pandemic to grow and sell cacti, succulents, and other types of plants that are thought to help people to connect to themselves and nature.

This time, Michael introduces us to the traditional Japanese flute, making a musical and cultural comparison between this Asian instrument and its Andean counterpart.

In part two of this video about the Day of the Dead celebration in Berlin, Adriana explains the elements that an offering to the dead contains, from sugar skulls to copal to music.

Milmarte is a family workshop in Otavalo, Ecuador, that specializes in making wool products. Anita Ramírez explains to us the processes they follow to create their beautiful garments.

With roots in the world of theater in her home country of Mexico, Adriana Barrera moved to Berlin, Germany for love. The annual Day of the Dead celebration, which she will explain to us in detail, is one way in which Adriana and an association of fellow Mexicans in Berlin are able to maintain and raise awareness about aspects of the Mexican culture.

In honor of the Day of the Dead, Meli teaches us how to make squishy sugar skulls and pumpkins.

Have you ever tried The Smoothie of Happiness? Mónica Coba will teach us how to prepare this delicious and nutritious smoothie. Enjoy!

In this video, Michael Guaján will teach us about the influence of modern rhythms like jazz, blues, and heavy metal on Andean music. Let's listen to some examples of such fusion played by Michael on his guitar!

Soaring through the skies of South America, the Andean condor is a symbol of freedom. However, when Virginia from Peru visits a captive condor at a zoo in Berlin who appears to be a bit down, she decides to try to cheer him up by playing a beautiful tune for him.