La celebración de la Santísima Tragedia/Mama Negra
This fourth season of Simple Stories in Spanish is focusing on celebrations. Latacunga, Ecuador is the home of a celebration in honor of la Virgen de las Mercedes (The Virgen Mary has many names and m...
11 Huhti 202114min
La celebración de las Fallas
This fourth season of Simple Stories in Spanish is focusing on celebrations. One of my favorite fiestas occurs in March in the city of Valencia, España. San José (St. Joseph) is the patron saint of Va...
4 Huhti 202113min
Las celebraciones hispanas
This fourth season of Simple Stories in Spanish is focusing on celebration. It is said that every day there is a celebration somewhere. This is especially true in the Spanish-speaking world. With patr...
28 Maalis 202113min
La Leyenda de la Yerba Mate
Mate is a popular drink in South America and is becoming ever more prevalent around the world. Known for its high caffeine content and, some claim, health properties, it is possible to find cans of Ye...
7 Maalis 202114min
La Leyenda de la Siguanaba
This third season of Simple Stories in Spanish is focusing on legends. There are many legends of monstrous women that roam the streets looking for victims. We have already heard the stories of la Llor...
28 Helmi 202115min
La Leyenda de Huatyacuri
Today’s legend comes from Perú. Huatyacuri lived a lonely life in the Andes mountains. While his father, Pariacaca, the god of wind and storms, loved him, he could not physically hug him, as he only e...
21 Helmi 202114min
La Leyenda de la Tunda
Today’s legend comes from the African communities on the Pacific coast of Colombia and Ecuador. According to legend, the diablo, or devil, seduced a beautiful African princess who arrived on a slave s...
14 Helmi 202112min
La Leyenda del Chupacabras
This third season of Simple Stories in Spanish is focusing on legends. Few Hispanic legends have spread as far as the rather recently discovered “chupacabras. Formed from the words “chupa”, meaning “s...
7 Helmi 202112min
