América en Susurros
Stories of Latin America for the night
Stories of our land, told in a low voice.
Tonight
Muisca · Lake Guatavita, Colombia
El Dorado: the golden man of Lake Guatavita
Before it was a city dreamed up by conquistadors, El Dorado was a man covered in gold dust on a raft, on a lake in the Muisca highlands.
- Español · English · Português
- No jump scares
The map of the stories
Every story was born in a place.
From Lake Pátzcuaro to southern Chile, from the Caribbean islands to the coast of Brazil. Tap a point and hear the story that was told there.
The series
Pick a series and let it play on.
When one story ends the next one begins, without touching the screen.
Legends in a Low Voice
The beings and places people still tell of: forest guardians, sacred lakes and apparitions.
2 episodes IINights of History
How the peoples of the Americas lived, ruled and kept their memory, told unhurriedly.
2 episodes IIIOrigin Myths
How the sun, the sea and people came to be, according to those who first lived here.
3 episodes☾For the night: dim the screen, turn your phone face down and listen. Everything that matters makes sense without looking.
For your nights
One story, a calm voice and nothing else.
For nights when sleep won’t come, for a long journey, or to end the day without screens: gods, guardians, kingdoms and memories of our land, told unhurriedly.
- Made to hear with your eyes closed
- Everything makes sense without looking. Turn your phone face down and let the story do the rest.
- No jump scares
- No shouting, no bangs, no cliffhangers. Every story slows down gently until it ends in calm.
- Real stories
- What the Muisca, the Mapuche, the Nahua or the Tupi used to tell, with their own names and places. Every video says where each story comes from.
- The sound of the place
- Water, wind, crickets or fire, always beneath the voice, so the night sounds like somewhere else.
Listen in your language.Every story can be heard in Spanish, English and Portuguese. On YouTube, tap ⚙ Settings → Audio track.
Turn off the light. The story began centuries ago.
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