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Orishas - ¿Qué Pasá?

Difficulty: Advanced

Cuba

¿Qué bolá? That’s ¿Qué pasa? (What’s Up?) in Havana, where your “homeboy” is your “monina,” your “consorte,” or simply ‘asere.’ Here we find musical giants Orishas back in the old barrio of Vedado.

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Caption 2 [es]: ¿Qué bolá con la gente viviendo en la zona, qué?
Caption 2 [en]: What's up with the people living in the neighborhood, huh?

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Tu Rock es Votar - Armando - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Armando David Ortigosa decided that something needed to be done to motivate the young people of Mexico to participate in its presidential election. He looked north for inspiration, where the “Rock the Vote” campaign used pop stars to try and get young voters to the polls. The Mexican equivalent became known as Tu Rock Es Votar.

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Caption 64 [es]: una contraparte, iba a haber mucha gente que iba a decir:
Caption 64 [en]: a counterpart, there would be a lot of people saying,

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Belanova - Entrevista - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Belanova is appreciative and proud that so many of Latin America’s and Mexico’s biggest stars, such Joselo and Coti saw fit to take the time to join them on their tour. The band is humble, but not without ambition; they have set their sites beyond the habla hispana, seeing potential fans in Australia, Italy and even Japan.

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Caption 9 [es]: Y, este... estamos muy agradecidos con toda esta gente que...
Caption 9 [en]: And, um... we're very thankful to all these people who...

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Imagine the shock to Natalia’s parents when they first saw another couple on the TV claiming that she was their child. Unfortunately, such a thing was not, in fact, entirely impossible. A blood test, however, proved the sad couple wrong. Natalia’s starring role in Ricos Y Famosos would soon bring Natalia, and her actual mom and dad, back to the top of the world.

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Caption 8 [es]: Por supuesto que dio negativo. Y esta gente,
Caption 8 [en]: Of course it came out negative. And these people,

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Baile Folklórico de Puerto Rico - Los Bailarines

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Nelly Ocacia and Benjamín Moldonado are both 19-year-old university students, and enjoy dancing with the Ballet Folklórico Guamanique when not studying. We caught up with them at the airport in San Juan, where they were welcoming new arrivals and seeing off departing passengers, much to the delight of travelers.

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Caption 26 [es]: eh... alegrando a la gente, eso estamos tratando de hacer aquí...
Caption 26 [en]: uh... making people happy, that's what we're trying to do here...

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Playa Adícora - Francisco - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

A little spot to build, to create, to listen to the sea, what more do any of us really need? Francisco takes a beautiful public space and makes it his own through conservation, beautification, and an open invitation to all to come, enjoy and treat nature’s work with care and respect.

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Caption 11 [es]: que la gente que le guste bucear y quiere ver algo diferente...
Caption 11 [en]: that people who like diving and want to see something different...

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Dhira - La Noche

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Dhira brings a heavy Hindu and Indian influence to the European club scene’s take on American hip-hop and club music. These late night party animals are said to be vegetarians who enjoy cheese sandwiches when they are not busy rapping.

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Caption 4 [es]: He visto droga, engaños y gente zombi
Caption 4 [en]: I've seen drugs, cheating and zombie people

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La Gusana Ciega - Entrevista - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

To hear La Gusana Ciega play live we trekked to a club called Babel located in a giant mall / theme park called Mundo E, located just north of Mexico City. Come backstage with us for an exclusive interview you’ll find only here!

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Caption 52 [es]: Y fue una gran sorpresa cómo la gente...
Caption 52 [en]: And it was a big surprise how people...

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Tierra Envenenada - Desminando - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Honduras, Nicaragua

The effort to de-mine Central America is truly an international one, with assistance coming from the U.S., Germany, Spain, France, England, Japan, Canada and Sweden (who’s ambassador is featured here, speaking eloquent Spanish). Also we hear from soldiers on the pleasure of serving a mission of peace, as opposed to one of war.

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Caption 7 [es]: el hecho de que la gente,
Caption 7 [en]: the fact that people,

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

It’s quite possible that El Día de Los Locos, as celebrated in La Vela de Coro, has its roots as far back as the Roman Empire, which celebrated Saturnalia at the same time of year. Both festivals, historically, involve turning the social order on its head, with slaves dressing like their masters.

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Caption 1 [es]: Contentos, felices de trabajar con esta gente maravillosa
Caption 1 [en]: Pleased, happy to work with these wonderful people

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Belanova - Tus ojos

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

We are all familiar with ¿Cómo se dice…?, “How do you say…”—it’s a very useful phrase when inquiring about the right words to use. Denisse Guererro repeatedly uses a similar phrase, asking the audience ¿Cóme dice?, which also sounds like it might be something like “How does one say?” but in fact this is Spanish for “How does it go?”—she wants the crowd to sing along!

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Caption 16 [es]: OK, quiero escuchar a toda la gente que vino esta noche
Caption 16 [en]: OK, I want to hear all the people who came tonight

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Belanova - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Edgar Huerta, keyboardist of Belanova, refers to Joselo of Cafe Tacuba as un cuate. The word comes from the indigenous Nahuatl word coatl, which means “twin.” But Joselo is not Edgar’s gemelo, cuate is known by all Mexicans to refer to a “good buddy,” a “dear friend.”

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Caption 3 [es]: Un saludo para la gente de allá.
Caption 3 [en]: Greetings to the people from there.

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Most English speakers have at some time in their lives heard Donovan sing “The Hurdy Gurdy Man,” but how many knew what such a man did? The woman in this video talks about a musical family that used to play the sinfonía, and indeed this is the Spanish name for the hand-crank organ known as a “hurdy gurdy.”

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Caption 41 [es]: Y a mucha gente le impactó y le gustó.
Caption 41 [en]: And it shocked many people and they liked it.

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

A little research tells us that the musical comedy Arturo did with Héctor Suárez at the Teatro de los Insurgentes was Sigue tu onda (Follow Your Wave), a Spanish language adaptation of a Broadway show known to American theater-goers as Your Own Thing. Soon Arturo himself would be heading to New York on a tip from Paul McCartney’s agent that he could land a spot in Hair...

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Caption 80 [es]: La gente no me parecía...
Caption 80 [en]: The people didn't seem to...

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Arume - Málaga, España - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Fuengirola, is an extremely popular seaside destination on the Costa Del Sol, in the province of Málaga. Not only are there five miles of sandy beaches, bars and hotels, but also you can find the remains of a genuine Roman Villa and a medieval Moorish fortress. Arume dropped in before summer itself became history.

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Caption 16 [es]: viene mucha gente de fuera, está...
Caption 16 [en]: a lot for people outside, it's...

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