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La Lleva - Tlacotalpan, Mexico, Let Yourself Feel The Jarocho Spirit (Spanish)

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2 kids in a small boat, 1 looks over the edge into the water. Spanish caption. Y este lugar azul es a donde más se pesca, no.

Tlahuipantli, from Mexico City, enjoys learning about the ancestral villages of his country. He wants to be a paleontologist. He will travel to Tlacotalpan, where Raul awaits with music, traditional food, folk dance and a bull. Together they will take a jarana class, travel by boat on the Papaloapan River, walk the town, visit a manufacturer of stringed instruments, plant corn, fish in Uncle Raul's pond, and swim in the river and sea.

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