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Oct 2022
18m 36s

La Leyenda del Quetzal - updated

SMALL TOWN SPANISH TEACHER
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This seventh season of Simple Stories in Spanish is updating some of my favorite episodes. Today’s remake is from Season 3, episode 5: La Leyenda del Quetzal. In the middle of the Guatemalan flag there is a beautiful green bird with a bright red chest and a long flowing tail. It is the quetzal, a symbol of liberty and a nahual, or spirit guide, of the Maya a ... Show More
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