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Felix has done all kinds of amazing holiday shows over the year. Now, he's out for the holidays

this year, so I'm here to bring you one of those old shows. Now, he is someone who loves to celebrate the holidays and he really did it special with this one. So I hope you like this episode as much as I did.

From NPR music, this is Festivo Alt Latino. I'm Felix Contreras. Now, what would the holidays be without music? Now, here in Out Latino, we feature the music of Latin America all year around.

And for this holiday special, we've invited some very musical friends to help us celebrate

this special time of year.

Cantigas is a Washington, D.C. based award-winning choir that specializes in chamber

interpretations of music from Latin America and Spain.

Now, some songs you may recognize and others are part of their holiday repertoire

that may very well become part of your own holiday celebrations.

We'll start in Venezuela, but first a short Spanish lesson.

Paranda is a word used in many Latin American cultures, and it means party or celebration.

In Venezuela, parranderos start in public places and sometimes get invited into homes to share their music in exchange for food and drink.

Here is a traditional Venezuelan paranda

called Al-Jegar Acqui,

and it features Carlos Peroso on the Venezuelan Quatro,

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