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0:00This one.
0:01>> Uh-huh.
0:02>> I want all of these up to there.
0:04>> Look at this. The neighborhood is the
0:08original gateway. No way.
0:11>> Yes.
0:12>> No way. Look at this. Me.
0:15>> This here, a window down there. Look.
0:18>> Uh-huh. But.
0:19>> It's this whole street.
0:20>> Yes. Down there. Round. Some big balls
0:24they used to make.
0:26>> And that one in the photo is a girl.
0:28>> Catalina. Look. Catalina's sale of
0:31Tocuyanas semitas. The girl, thank you.
0:35>> Over there is ash stuck to the wall
0:37where you sweep all the embers to,
0:40because the habitability of this sector
0:43is after the earthquake of August 3,
0:451950. These were practically pastures,
0:50grasslands, and there were these.
0:53>> Oh, you fly.
0:54>> Uh-huh. That's how we are, it's falling
0:56down because of the rain. This house is
0:58very, it's very old.
1:00>> It's very old.
1:01>> Yes, this house is made of pure mud.
1:03The house is pure mud.
1:04>> This one withstood the earthquake.
1:05>> Yes.
1:06>> The earthquake of '50. This fell down
1:09over time. This was another house. That
1:11yard belongs to it. This whole yard
1:13belongs to this house.
1:14>> The little windows. This looks like a
1:16prison. I’d say like the prisoner was
1:19here asking for help. Help. When they
1:23called to the ladies back then.
1:25>> This, this is wood, my dear.
1:28>> People, good afternoon to you all, my
1:31dear. How are you feeling today? Fine.
1:34>> It's fine. Fine, corporal. Fine means
1:36good.
1:37>> Good, cool.
1:39>> We are going to infiltrate a housing
1:41development here in El Tocuyo, which
1:43has a lot of history and so many
1:45curious facts because, in the past, my
1:47dear, this site was used to make, that
1:49is, it had many ovens. Indigenous
1:52people existed here who made crafts at
1:54this site, as I understand it.
1:56>> I mean, that was one of the first
1:58neighborhoods of El Tocuyo.
1:59>> Uh-huh. And that's where the first
2:02colonization was formed, that is, where
2:04the indigenous people were, who were
2:06the ones who taught us about the clay
2:08ovens, how to use mud and clay,
2:11>> which was what they used at that site.
2:13>> Sure, this site has so much history and
2:16right now we are going to enter the
2:18housing development known as Los Hornos
2:20. It's not just the history part; I
2:22also understand that this is where they
2:24make the semita bread. In another video
2:27, my dear, we were visiting it.
2:29>> We went to visit some families, but we
2:32didn't go to where it began, to the
2:34founder, we still need to go see the
2:36lady, the founder they call "Niña
2:39Gracia," who is the founder of the
2:41breads,
2:43>> it used to operate, now it's her
2:45children, meaning the legacy continues,
2:47the children keep it going,
2:49>> that's my understanding. So,
2:51>> uh, we are also going to visit that
2:53place to see what we find.
2:55>> Let's see. Very close to here is what
2:57would be the El Toco river, which I
2:59don't think has that name anymore, dear
3:02. It has another name. No,
3:03>> they call it the Tocullo River.
3:04>> The thing is, we call it La Margarita
3:06because of the swimming spot. We named
3:08it the La Margarita River because of
3:09the resort.
3:10>> I see. But its real name is the Tocullo
3:11River.
3:11>> The Tocullo River. Uh-huh.
3:13>> Got it. And this is where they used the
3:15water to operate these kilns, right?
3:18>> Yes. And it was where the ships used to
3:21dock. You know the Spanish landed here?
3:24>> Yes. No, that's exactly the point.
3:26Let's see, the indigenous people were
3:29already using pottery with kilns, which
3:31was surely their way, I think, right?
3:35>> And when the Spanish expedition arrived
3:38, they brought many benefits here,
3:40which were both the matter of
3:42Christianity, which is the spiritual
3:45part, and the part of the work, the
3:47labor, as they say,
3:50>> where they taught the indigenous people
3:53how to make tiles. Since those tiles
3:57come from the European region, like
3:59Spain and Germany, most of the tiles
4:01used around here are those, the Spanish
4:04and German tiles.
4:06>> Mmm, look at that, how interesting,
4:07guys. I'm going to tell you one thing,
4:10here, at least compared to what the
4:11town center is, the architecture here
4:13changes completely. Notice how
4:16everything is very, very different, I
4:19would say. Here the street, even, dear,
4:22I see it as wider and I feel the
4:24history, you know? Colonial. I feel the
4:27colonial atmosphere. Everything is very
4:29low. This type of large house
4:32>> takes up a lot of space. Look.
4:34>> And here we enter the Los Hornos
4:35development. This is the development
4:38the
4:38>> famous the
4:40>> fathers. Good day, a question. Do you
4:43know why this development is called "
4:44Los Hornos"(The Kilns)?
4:45>> Los Hornos because down there
4:48>> is this whole street.
4:49>> Yes, down there.
4:51>> But do you know why they call this
4:52place the
4:53>> do you have any notion why they call it
4:54"The Kilns"? Well, because before.
4:58>> Yes,
4:59>> yes. Many years ago there were many
5:02kilns here.
5:03>> to do what is pottery here, right?
5:06>> Yes, they also used to make wall ovens
5:11that were round.
5:12>> They were wall ovens, wall ovens. Big
5:16structures where they would leave a
5:20door.
5:21>> Ah,
5:22>> some gaps like that because you had
5:25doors to put the dough in.
5:27>> Oh, I see. To make the breads. Yes, the
5:29breads.
5:29>> Got it. Thank you so much,
5:32>> everyone. Look at these little houses,
5:34how small and colonial they look. They
5:36are, look at this. Look here, you can
5:38still see the roof tiles.
5:39>> Yes,
5:39>> you know? Handmade tiles. Look at this.
5:42What a beautiful eaves.
5:43>> These look a bit more, well, more. Look
5:46at this house here on the corner.
5:47>> Modern. Wow. This one here, you can
5:50really tell.
5:50>> Of course, the structure of this house
5:52is noticeable, you can see it, you can
5:54feel it. I mean, look, you can see the
5:55years that have passed. Look, my dear.
5:58The large windows.
5:59>> Look, the type of window.
6:01>> Yes,
6:02>> you can feel it. It’s just look at
6:03the sidewalk, a colonial sidewalk. It
6:05looks
6:06>> because it is tiny,
6:07>> look. And we are heading now
6:11>> to La Niña en Gracia.
6:13>> La Niña en Gracia. This this is a
6:15place so people understand. My dear.
6:16Explain to people what La Niña en
6:18Gracia is. One of the first places
6:20where they sell the acemitas,
6:23>> I mean, where the founder is.
6:25>> Yes, because let’s see, apart from
6:26the whole historical context of this,
6:28my dear, we have to clarify something.
6:29This is a place dedicated to
6:31craftsmanship,
6:32>> to craftsmanship,
6:33>> to the craftsmanship of bread.
6:35>> They make many types of bread. Here is
6:37the semita bread
6:38>> which is super famous and super
6:40delicious.
6:41>> Yes,
6:41>> because this is where it's truly made.
6:43Truly, look here at what it says. Look,
6:44even here, look, Catalina, look. Sale
6:47of Catalina. Crineja, milk bread, bread
6:49of
6:49>> milk bread and oven-baked bread,
6:51Tocuyana acemitas at La Niña en Gracia
6:53.
6:53>> We are going to the place of the
6:55artisan. Let’s go ask. This even has
6:56a Spanish coat of arms.
6:57>> Good morning,
6:58>> good morning.
6:59>> Look how the breads look here.
7:01>> Mm. Oh, yes, they have the little
7:02breads there.
7:04>> They can be seen there. Hello, good
7:08afternoon. Thank you. Hello,
7:13>> good afternoon.
7:14>> Hello. Excuse me.
7:16>> Well, with your permission. Is this
7:19semita bread?
7:20>> Yes, the oven breads.
7:23>> And these oven breads.
7:24>> Oven bread.
7:25>> Oh, look at that. Little oven bread.
7:28Well,
7:29>> nice to meet you.
7:31>> A pleasure, María.
7:32>> One question. Oh, look at the oven here
7:34. Let me ask a question. This this,
7:36this type of oven,
7:38>> because I understand that these ovens
7:40are a bit more modern, you know?
7:41Because I understand that this town was
7:44formerly an area where they made
7:46pottery tiles,
7:47>> bricks, roofing,
7:49>> it was pottery and and ceramics.
7:52>> And so the ovens weren't of this type,
7:54>> or were they just like this one? That
7:57>> they weren't bigger, large bricks
7:59currently. I mean, there aren't any
8:01more around here that are this big.
8:03>> No,
8:03>> no. The biggest one we can come across
8:05is one about this size.
8:06>> And this this is for making the bread.
8:09>> Uh-huh. Yes.
8:10>> Look at that, it's huge.
8:12>> You are the founder's son, right? The
8:15>> she had children.
8:16>> She didn't have children, my dad's
8:18cousin.
8:19>> And well, we, my brother and I, were
8:21raised here.
8:22>> Oh, I see.
8:23>> Gracia's girl.
8:25>> Everything she did everything
8:28>> she taught you everything.
8:30>> Look at this. You put the firewood here
8:32.
8:32>> Yes. It's lit. Well, over there it has
8:35an exhaust.
8:36>> Do you use only cjí firewood? Yes,
8:38cjí wood. Yes, even some oak, but
8:41mostly cjí. And when when the oven is
8:44lit and it heats up, we always
8:46calculate 2 hours, 2 and a half hours
8:48to bake for 6 to 8 hours and then you
8:49sweep all the embers out. All that is
8:52ash on that side. Look over there, it's
8:56ash stuck to the wall, you keep
8:57sweeping all the embers over there and
9:00that's how the heat is kept on this
9:02side.
9:03>> It's impressive. This one is made of
9:05what is made with brick, right?
9:06>> Brick
9:07>> the mouth. Mm.
9:08>> And the floor. The rest is adobe.
9:11>> Adobe. What is adobe? Like clay.
9:13>> Uh-huh.
9:14>> Like a clay.
9:15>> They are wedge-shaped fired adobe
9:18bricks that are special for making this
9:20type of oven. Not just anyone can make
9:23it either.
9:24>> No.
9:25>> How old is it?
9:26>> No, well, this is relatively new, it's
9:29like 30
9:30>> 30 years.
9:31>> 30 years. And the oven before was over
9:33there
9:34>> did you already have it on the ground.
9:35No, the whole base was even made of
9:38adobe. This one isn't made of adobe.
9:40This is made with this with cement and
9:43that and glass, stone, and then it's
9:45filled, leveled, and the bricks are
9:48placed. But she already had it. That
9:50one also had bricks, but on the floor.
9:53The rest was pure adobe, including the
9:55base. What I know about this is the
9:57history that they told me stories about
9:59here. Unfortunately, look, the people
10:03who could, who I, who I have an idea
10:06that might have known part of that
10:09current history, I mean, at least the
10:11current idea there, no,
10:13>> don't exist,
10:14>> no. Those people have been passing away
10:17>> for many years. But if you have, if
10:18they've told you any anecdote. Like
10:20that,
10:20>> right? Yes, because here, the
10:23habitability of this sector is after
10:26the earthquake of August 3rd, 1950.
10:31These were practically pastures,
10:34grasslands, there were, uh, areas where
10:36there were kilns they used to make
10:39bricks and roof tiles. In fact, there
10:42are some left around there. There on
10:44the corner is one they made with tile,
10:46but that's already falling down too.
10:49When the earthquake happened, Gracia
10:51must have been about 8 years old,
10:52living near where the UCLA area is,
10:54almost toward the center. She, with
10:57some savings her brother gave her, came
10:59here and started making*semitas*because
11:02someone, someone told her to. She
11:05started with a small oven, a kerosene
11:07stove, a burner, but kerosene, and
11:09someone gave her the idea and she
11:11started making*semitas*; but it was
11:13hard for her to learn, I mean, to learn
11:15to make the*semita*, process it, and
11:17get them to turn out well. She spent
11:21like two or three months there where
11:22every time she made*semitas*they
11:24wouldn't rise, they wouldn't turn out
11:25well,
11:27>> and it went on until a lady arrived,
11:29over there in that sector where she
11:31lived when she relocated here to El
11:34Tocuyo, a lady named Doña Panchita de
11:36Suárez, who was the one who taught her
11:38, gave her the formula and the exact
11:41way to process the*semita*. Well, and
11:44that's how the myth began, but over
11:46there in the center area, and then the
11:48earthquake came. And when there are
11:51disaster situations like that, there
11:54are always opportunists, influential
11:56people, politicians. Let's tear this
11:59down and let's If they destroyed the
12:01temples that were here, there were
12:02seven temples.
12:03>> There were seven temples here.
12:04>> Seven religious temples. Yes.
12:06>> And not one is left.
12:07>> La Concepción.
12:08>> Ah, the only one that remains.
12:09>> Yes. The only one they were able to
12:12save like that, but the others,
12:13machinery and all, they went through
12:14all the ones that had a wall that was
12:16slightly cracked, right? You, so all
12:19those people who were relocated from
12:21over there to here, they were parceling
12:24out
12:25>> the pastures that were in this sector
12:28and further over there where Nestlé is
12:31, those were where the famous, the
12:33famous clay kilns were, where
12:36>> ah, where the Nestlé factory is
12:37currently located. The sports center,
12:40that area, that whole area where the
12:42factory is and where the sports center
12:44is. That is where it turned into an
12:47industrial zone.
12:48>> Uh-huh.
12:49>> An industrial zone and a housing
12:51development currently called Nubia.
12:53>> Oh, Nubia too. There, not there. I
12:56remember when I was a boy, I was quite
12:59a river wanderer too, so we would
13:01always go around there and find the
13:03remains of those kilns where they fired
13:06bricks and roof tiles. We would always
13:09find
13:09>> those, there are still remains there in
13:11that place,
13:12>> right? Because all that, they went and
13:15>> er, eliminated it.
13:16>> Eliminated it, yes. And then came the
13:18NFRY, the old Espalsa. It was about
13:21processing, they started planning and
13:24they located the factory there, and
13:26then the sports center came along;
13:28there were some small houses there and
13:31there were the remains of the kilns
13:33where the sports center is now, all
13:35that they also
13:38>> thank you very much for everything,
13:39right?
13:40>> The pleasure is mine.
13:42>> Look, this is the house in this sector
13:45that stayed standing during the
13:47earthquake this
13:49>> Uh-huh. that went all the way to there.
13:52>> Look at this. Wow. Just look at the
13:56type of door, these are vestiges
13:58>> Yes,
13:58>> of how houses used to be.
14:00>> Yes. And what was left, I mean, when
14:03the earthquake hit in '52, this was
14:05what remained standing in this area,
14:07this house that belonged to a rancher.
14:11>> Look at this. The type of block we used
14:12. This was like, I don't know, this was
14:15cement, right?
14:16>> Yes. No, it's actually like this. It
14:19was, it was my grandmother's.
14:22>> Oh, your grandmother's.
14:23>> Uh-huh. That's how it is because of the
14:25rain it's falling apart, but this house
14:27is very, very old.
14:29>> It's very old and
14:31>> only if you want credit, fix the roof.
14:34>> Yes, yes, because it used to have
14:36handmade tiles.
14:37>> Yes, this house is made of pure mud.
14:39>> The house is pure mud.
14:40>> It withstood the earthquake.
14:41>> Yes,
14:42>> the '50 earthquake. The '50 one. It's
14:44the only house that withstood the
14:45earthquake.
14:46>> That remained in this area.
14:47>> One of the few that remained.
14:48>> Uh-huh. No, this one remained. That one
14:50remained,
14:51>> the one over there on the corner.
14:52>> Uh-huh. Another one remained further up
14:54.
14:55>> Mm.
14:55>> Several remained around here.
14:57>> Okay. Like these used to make
15:00>> and this in the old days, before your
15:01grandmother, it must have belonged to
15:02someone very wealthy, something like
15:03that, it doesn't look like.
15:04>> Well, here they had, they had cattle,
15:07>> they had cattle and everything.
15:09>> Here everything
15:10>> and one cannot enter, one cannot do
15:11anything. If you want to come over so
15:13we can tell Armando, let's see. But
15:15look, son, all the sadness, all of this
15:17, this collapsed over time. This is the
15:20other house. That yard belongs to
15:21everything, this whole yard belongs to
15:23this house.
15:24>> The whole yard up to here.
15:25>> Yes, sir.
15:26>> Wow. It's just that you can still see
15:27the construction here.
15:28>> Yes. The wall fell down here. He saw it
15:30and it shook, it didn't even stay
15:32standing. Wait, Armando is going over
15:34there. Look. Call him. Do me the favor.
15:36Armando.
15:37>> Teacher Aida lived there, right?
15:39>> Aida. Ah,
15:42>> this house is very beautiful.
15:44>> Well, she was the one who taught the
15:45girl Gracia. Already.
15:47>> She, Araceli Mendoza.
15:48>> Uh-huh. She gave her the secret, like
15:50>> the secret of the semita. They make
15:52semita there too. My love, in that
15:54little bench. This was the area where
15:57they make the bread. They used to make
16:00clay items, they worked. Around here is
16:04what they call the ovens,
16:07>> because there were ovens and they
16:08worked back in that era with
16:12>> it's just that one thing I'm noticing,
16:14the topic of the semita is like a
16:15secret recipe that nobody gives away,
16:17it's like only a few people bring it
16:19out, yes son.
16:21>> I mean,
16:22>> it's kept in the family, the
16:24grandmother, the grandmother's semita,
16:25the grandmother there.
16:27>> Well,
16:28>> forward.
16:29>> It's just look, the structures still
16:30remain. Yes,
16:31>> look, these here. These were the
16:34original windows.
16:35>> Yes, but that's the protector. Well,
16:38the original ones.
16:41>> Even the tiles are still preserved like
16:42that. Look at this.
16:43>> These aren't the famous German tiles,
16:46>> the tiles are the ones made of clay and
16:49baked in adobe ovens. The dining room.
16:53>> This was like the dining room here.
16:55>> The dining room. Oh, and this was the
16:56kitchen.
16:57>> Mhm. The ceiling was made of reed,
16:59right? Reed, this is wild reed.
17:01>> Wild reed, rods and tile.
17:03>> And the poles, what they call the poles
17:05. It's been kept original.
17:07>> No kidding.
17:08>> Yes,
17:09>> no kidding. Look at this. Me. Come here
17:12.
17:12>> Wow.
17:13>> Yes, yes, yes. The ceiling was
17:15reconstructed, they were changed
17:17because they fell, it fell down and
17:18they put in iron, but they still kept
17:20the rods and those things. It's just
17:22that this gives me the impression of a
17:23horror movie, you know? Yes.
17:25>> And the one in the photo is a girl.
17:27>> This is my sister,
17:28>> Teacher Aida,
17:29>> sorry. This is my, she's my sister.
17:32>> That is Teacher Aida.
17:33>> No, no, this one is my sister's. It's
17:37not here, it's not here.
17:39>> Wow. It was big, wasn't it?
17:40>> Yes, yes.
17:41>> Wow. The rooms were immense.
17:44>> The the hallway.
17:45>> The hallway,
17:46>> right? The hallway. I wish I had a
17:48hallway like this.
17:49>> The perfect hallway to hang a hammock.
17:52When you get a visit, you'd hang a
17:53hammock. What? Look, the chandelier is
17:56still from back then. And this is the
17:58main door. It's
17:59>> the main door.
18:00>> But you can't go out that way. No, they
18:02have the keys, man. What is that?
18:06>> What is
18:07>> that? They made that of the Virgin.
18:13Saint Hedwig. There's the little altar.
18:15>> Oh, the housing development up there is
18:17named after that Virgin. Saint Hedwig.
18:22>> How crazy. Look, are you seeing this?
18:24>> Yes. Ano ther room.
18:32>> This is the middle patio.
18:34>> This was the courtyard in the middle.
18:35>> So, it had a gigantic patio in the
18:37center.
18:37>> Exactly. Well, there was another wall,
18:40but this is the middle part and over
18:42there is the kitchen. Got it.
18:45>> And then over here you went out to
18:46another part of the house.
18:47>> Yes, another part.
18:48>> Ah, a central patio. Yes,
18:52>> it's just that houses from that era
18:54were like this, right?
18:55>> Yes, yes, they were way too big.
18:57>> And especially for wealthy people.
18:59>> Oh, look, they have a painting here of
19:01the
19:01>> of the Last Supper.
19:02>> The Last Supper.
19:07>> Wow. Another room.
19:10>> Wow. Don't walk too far because
19:14>> look at the pigeon eggs.
19:15>> Yes, the little pigeons, you know. How
19:17crazy. I'm amazed by this.
19:21>> And are these the furniture from that
19:23time?
19:23>> No, no, these would be a bit more
19:26modern. It stayed here. Yeah.
19:32>> How crazy. Are you seeing this?
19:33>> Yes.
19:34>> How are you feeling?
19:36>> No, no, it's impressive, and at the
19:38same time, entering where teacher Ia
19:40lived, who was very famous.
19:43>> Yes, yes. One of the best principals
19:45Tocuyo could have had. Look at the
19:48column and the Lara state.
19:49>> And the Lara state.
19:50>> Exactly. She practically spent 40 years
19:53in education.
19:55>> 40 years. It cost her, it was the state
20:00itself. It was them who said, "no,
20:01thanks for your service," practically.
20:03But my mom would wake up at 4 in the
20:06morning to go to the mill, which is
20:09where she taught.
20:11>> Yes. She taught my mom. Ah, okay. Well,
20:13imagine,
20:13>> my mom is 63 years old. She
20:15>> I used to tell my mom, "Mom, but why do
20:17you get up so early?" She told me, she
20:19said, "So I, as director, can be there
20:20before my educators." But how can I
20:22call them out if they arrive late? If I
20:24arrive late, how can I call them out?
20:26If I arrive late, they’d be up by
20:284:00 AM, and by 5:00 AM, she was
20:30leaving to go to work.
20:33>> I remember words she said to me when I
20:36was sitting down, she said, "No, when
20:38you're sitting, keep your mind busy."
20:42She came over and put a book in my hand
20:43. She was the one who made me fall in
20:45love with books.
20:46>> Yes, yes, yes. Read, because that is
20:48the best thing that can exist, and it
20:50is the greatest wealth you can have, to
20:52read.
20:53>> They held a tribute at the school, they
20:55unveiled a plaque. I was present there
20:57at that tribute they gave to some of
20:59the teachers who are still there. Well,
21:02>> in fact, the things that are at that
21:04school were because of her. Yes.
21:07>> The cafeteria.
21:08>> And she didn't finish, because it was a
21:11basic school. Maybe it's a basic school
21:14. She didn't finish because the
21:18community didn't support her, she
21:20wanted to sell a plot of land next to
21:22the school to build...because she
21:24wanted it to go up to sixth grade.
21:28>> Yes,
21:29>> sixth grade, so they would graduate as
21:30mid-level technicians.
21:31>> Mid-level technicians graduating from
21:32there.
21:34>> She had many projects for the year,
21:36they were very advanced and very
21:39ambitious projects.
21:41>> Well, thank you very much. Pardon,
21:42thanks for everything.
21:43>> Thank you. See you later.
21:44>> See you later.
21:45>> Thanks, folks. Look at this. This is
21:48another one of the houses that says
21:49here "carretera"[road]. "
21:50>> Carrera 12"[12th Street]. "Estela 12"[
21:5212th Street sign]. "
21:52>> Carrera 12."
21:55>> And here are the large windows. This is
21:57another one of those houses that
21:58remains. This used to be iron, dear.
22:03>> Look at how the tip was.
22:06>> And you can see the brick.
22:07>> Mm.
22:08>> Made recently with bricks. This one
22:12might be a bit more modern.
22:14>> I think it's a more modern one,
22:15>> like the ones they built after the
22:17earthquake.
22:18>> The past one.
22:19>> Yes, because the history here is also
22:21very connected to the earthquake. It's
22:23like the earthquake marked a radical
22:24change here
22:25>> in everything, because the earthquake
22:27wiped it out,
22:28>> as they say, a before and an after.
22:30>> But look at this. Another one of the
22:32houses that didn't collapse during the
22:34earthquake. I mean, look at the walls
22:36still standing.
22:37>> Yes.
22:38>> walls, doors, everything. And years
22:41have passed. That's the most incredible
22:43thing of all.
22:43>> I'm from the 50s, the 50s.
22:45>> And it's still standing there. Look at
22:46that wall still standing there. It's
22:49what he says, what the gentleman was
22:50telling us, that if you have the budget
22:52, you repair this and you make
22:53>> Yes. You restore it and it turns out to
22:55be something amazing. The thing is that
22:57restorations are almost always a bit
22:58more expensive, my dear.
23:00>> They are almost always very expensive.
23:01A lot,
23:02>> look at this one. Yes, we were walking
23:04and we stumbled upon this one that,
23:06well, they protected this front part,
23:08but let me see if I can move the camera
23:11a little bit so you can see up there.
23:13Look at how that house looks.
23:15>> And look at the tanks, they call that a
23:17water tank.
23:18>> Water tanks for, yes.
23:19>> The elevated ones.
23:22>> This one here looks like it might be
23:24one of the old houses, but they
23:25renovated it a bit, so to speak.
23:28>> Look, another one of the little houses.
23:30Look, this, this was a mansion. This
23:33was a mansion that, look, look at the
23:35door entrance.
23:38>> And look, they put numbers on it, it
23:40goes
23:42>> 11 days.
23:43>> 11 days. Now the numbering is, my dear.
23:46It gives me the impression, I don't
23:46know. Maybe it's the old numbering,
23:48could be.
23:48>> Mm. But the roof tiles, look.
23:50>> Yes, yes. It's the roof tiles. Let me
23:52raise the camera. Look at how the whole
23:54roof looks up there. Of course. It's a
23:56beautiful thing.
23:58>> Look at that. The little tiles are all
24:00still preserved. What a crazy thing
24:04this is. What do you think of this, my
24:07dear?
24:08>> Cool.
24:09>> It's nice, huh?
24:10>> Yes. Look,
24:11>> look at the little windows here. This
24:15looks like a prison, I’d say, like
24:17the prisoner was here asking for help
24:20>> when they called to the ladies back
24:23then.
24:23>> This, this is made of wood, my dear.
24:25>> Aha.
24:26>> This is wood. This isn't iron.
24:28>> I mean, this is wood. Look at this.
24:30It’s that this is a frame,
24:31>> right? It's just look at how they made
24:33the roof, they made it from reeds, mud,
24:35and lastly the tile
24:36>> and the last thing was the tile.
24:37>> Aha.
24:38>> Wow. Meaning, during the earthquake, if
24:40people had that type of house, I
24:42imagine that if that roof fell on you,
24:44>> of course,
24:45>> it wiped you out.
24:46>> Because back then, when you saw the
24:48photos you see in history, it was
24:50purely mud, the tiles that you could
24:53see falling, and the reeds.
24:55>> No, it wiped them out. It wiped them
24:56out. What it did was end everything.
24:58>> Look at this hip. Very small. This one
25:00had the cut of a church back then.
25:02That’s the impression I get.
25:04>> Like it was a small church, I’d say.
25:07And here is a little cart for
25:08>> fast food.
25:09>> Fast food. They only sell arepas here
25:11at night. I don’t know, I don’t
25:13know about today, this type of cart
25:15here.
25:15>> But look, people, look at this. Some
25:18little houses still keep the shields.
25:20What is the shield from? I forget. That
25:22was during the Fourth Republic, uh, uh,
25:26when you built the house, they were by
25:30there were companies,
25:33>> I mean, there were places where you’d
25:35go and sign up, and if you were
25:37selected, they would go and build the
25:40house for you and you had to pay it off
25:42monthly to the bank.
25:44>> Oh, I see.
25:45>> And they were good houses, good,
25:47well-built. It was like a way for you
25:49to put the house in your name, right?
25:51>> Exactly.
25:52>> You had to go to the, to the king, to
25:54the bourgeois and say, "I want this
25:56land, please." And I put
25:57>> when you had the land,
25:58>> Uh-huh.
25:59>> you would head to that association
26:03>> and they’d ask for requirements,
26:04papers, you’d fill them out, and if
26:06they approved it, they’d go and build
26:08the house; I mean, they provided all
26:09the materials, everything. And you had
26:12to go to the bank monthly and pay for
26:15>> that house. I found a bottle in the
26:18middle of the head. Here, refill your
26:22jug. Refill your water jug. That is,
26:26you come here and in this house they
26:27surely sell you distilled water.
26:29>> Yes. You bring the jug and here they
26:31>> they refill it for you.
26:32>> Uh-huh.
26:34>> Look, look at this one here.
26:35>> Yes, it’s fine.
26:36>> This also has a church-like cut. It’s
26:39a straight little house, notice the
26:39roof. It’s quite straight. And here
26:42they had little roofs like it had a
26:44small patio in this part. Do you notice
26:47that around here, the, the, I mean, the
26:49lots are big? Lots? They are too big.
26:55>> Yes, they are very big and there are
26:56many lots.
26:58>> Just look, look, look, look, look, look
26:59at the size of a house. Look at the
27:01amount of land. This is a small one.
27:03>> This is not a big house. This one,
27:05>> let's assume this is a small house.
27:07Look at the size it has, which means
27:09these are large plots, they aren't
27:10small plots.
27:11>> Yes. So, in that land, they built
27:14>> a certain number of houses.
27:16>> Of course. The neighborhood of Los
27:19Sonnos pays posthumous homage to
27:22Arnando José Pérez Araujo, Tacata.
27:25Date of birth 04/18/59
27:29>> until September 17, '83. El Tocuyo was
27:31a ballplayer, I think.
27:32>> A ballplayer. Because of the
27:35>> Yes, because from this area, they also
27:36left from here to El Tocuyo. Many come
27:38out,
27:39>> many ballplayers.
27:40>> Many ballplayers. And they sign many
27:42ballplayers who get taken to the
27:43Dominican Republic, the United States.
27:45>> But maybe they lived in this little
27:46house here, honey, look at this.
27:47>> Yes, yes.
27:48>> Look at this little house.
27:49>> It could have been that they were born
27:50there.
27:51>> Mm. Or born there.
27:53>> Uh-huh.
27:53>> You never know.
27:54>> This area falls down along this same
27:56street.
27:56>> Mm. Look here, to see
27:59>> how some structures still remain. I
28:02mean, in almost the whole neighborhood
28:03you run into this, you run into houses
28:05that are well-kept, that are colonial
28:07like this. But notice that for this one
28:08, they did have the budget to maintain
28:10it, honey. It’s a more modern
28:12construction, obviously, too.
28:13>> Yes, because look, it keeps the number.
28:16>> You run into this one here that is also
28:17well-kept, but here on the right, one
28:19that was left abandoned.
28:20>> Um, as you say, that on the same plot
28:23of land—I mean, it's a huge plot—
28:25many of the children, the family built
28:27on the same land, say, three houses,
28:30two houses. Another interesting fact is
28:35the issue of the seven temples, that
28:37many of these temples were left to fall
28:40or were destroyed or I don't know, were
28:42hijacked or something, but of these
28:44temples, two remain, one
28:48>> uh, La Concepción, the others, the
28:50others, the other six were left to fall
28:52.
28:53>> They were left to fall.
28:54>> Uh-huh.
28:55>> No, life's circumstances. Let's assume
28:57the earthquake, apart from the
29:00earthquake, some vandalism, anything,
29:02>> any random issue and they were left to
29:04be destroyed, which is sad, because
29:06history must always be taken care of,
29:08always the temples, ruins, everything,
29:10everything, everything. It must always
29:11be taken care of because it is very
29:13beautiful and very interesting to know
29:15>> where everything comes from. Look at
29:16this little house here, now another one
29:18from the earthquake.
29:19>> The little door. This door looks like a
29:21bathroom door to me.
29:23>> Yes, I mean, if that was the...it
29:26couldn't have been the main entrance,
29:30no way. It was, perhaps, maybe from the
29:33kitchen or another access.
29:35>> A hole here, look.
29:37>> Yes, like ventilation.
29:39>> And here, look, look, look, look, look
29:41at the mud.
29:42>> Uh-huh.
29:43>> All the mud. There is a type of mud
29:45here that is strange. Oh, look.
29:48>> Wow. This here is a large window. See,
29:52we have the feeling of, like, a horror
29:54movie, you know? I wouldn't go through
29:56there right now; if what happens in
29:57movies happens, I’m not going through
29:58there.
29:59>> Just like what we went through earlier
30:00with the pigeon.
30:01>> Yes, it scared me. Look here,
30:04>> look where
30:04>> Wow. Look, my love, they covered it up
30:07here,
30:09>> the factory where the kilns were on
30:11that land.
30:13>> Ah, this is where all the kilns were,
30:15because behind this here is the river,
30:17>> Tocuyo. The Tocuyo River is behind it.
30:19Got it. Meaning the kilns were here by
30:20the Tocuyo River, and from here over
30:22was the settlement.
30:23>> That’s why the kilns were there,
30:25because people looked for the water
30:27>> with which they kneaded the mud and the
30:30clay.
30:30>> Yes, they had everything right there at
30:32hand,
30:32>> and by those rivers was where they made
30:35the boats.
30:36>> Sure. So, Nestle.
30:39>> It used to be called Espalsa. Esparsa,
30:42>> they called it.
30:44>> Guys, look here at the Nestle entrance.
30:46And here, as it says, Nestle Tocuyo
30:48factory. Here is the huge Nestle
30:51factory, which is massive, which was
30:53where the ancient indigenous settlement
30:56was when they did, uh, pottery.
30:58>> Pottery.
30:59>> Look at that, man. Look at the flag.
31:01>> Look, those are the products they make
31:03there, the product brands.
31:04>> Hmm. Tell me what you think of this
31:08video so far, because we’ve found
31:09many curious facts, my love. Yes,
31:12>> there are so many things, and it seemed
31:14like it was a small urban area, but the
31:16more you go, the more history you find.
31:18>> Another entrance. It has many entrances
31:20.
31:20>> Look at this area here, my love. Look
31:21at this area here,
31:23>> the canal back there.
31:25>> Yes. It’s all of that.
31:30>> And one thing makes me curious: not all
31:33the windows are the same.
31:35>> This one changed context, just like
31:37this one. It looks like a prison, but I
31:40think this is made of iron. Let’s see
31:42,
31:43>> remember that, uh, it was just this,
31:45and they added this later on,
31:47>> much later.
31:49>> Uh-huh.
31:49>> Mmm. See here that they are digging
31:52like a hole. They are building here.
31:54>> Yes, they are going to build. That's
31:55why I'm saying, they are like on the
31:57land where the houses are,
31:58>> they are knocking them down.
32:00>> Guys, this place has a very important
32:03person, who is Roberto Montesino. My
32:06love. Uh, Roberto Montesino was a poet,
32:09a writer from the area. He was the one
32:12who made the neighborhood known as such
32:15, the history of the neighborhood of
32:17the clay, of how the tiles and bricks
32:19were made, which was where the factory
32:22is, where the kilns were. Uh-huh.
32:25>> He was the one who made all that
32:27history known, and in fact, there is a
32:29school in the area called Roberto
32:31Montesino, which was named in his honor
32:33. And the city of El Tocuyo, the mother
32:36city, as it was called, was known as
32:38the City of the Seven Temples, and
32:40later they began calling it the City of
32:43the Green Lakes. And who called it that
32:46? The poet Roberto Montesino. He was
32:50the one who gave it the name City of
32:52the Green Lakes.
32:53>> In fact, over there on the corner,
32:56there is a restaurant from years ago
32:58that bears the name of the City of the
33:00Green Lakes. The restaurant is called
33:02Los Lagos Verdes in honor of the city
33:04of El Tocuyo.
33:05>> Guys, I want you to notice and see that
33:09here, at least in this part, things
33:13change. You can see a bit more
33:14purchasing power here in the houses, I
33:16mean, look at this. Totally different.
33:20They are mansions. This is the area
33:23they used to call, well, the rich area
33:26where the people lived, more so than
33:28the center itself.
33:32>> What do you see, honey? It’s
33:33noticeable. Look at this. This is a
33:35building, right? No, this is a house,
33:36but it’s a house the size of a
33:37building.
33:38>> It’s a house and it used to function
33:40as a restaurant too, I mean, it used to
33:42be called Madeira.
33:46>> Come here, man. Wow. What is it called?
33:51>> No, now it’s a gym. It was, that was
33:53a restaurant.
33:54>> It was a restaurant in the past. But
33:55look, it has
33:56>> it was a bar-restaurant
33:57>> two floors. And here there is like a
33:59cart selling things. Look, the "
34:00tomatazo" tomato.
34:01>> It’s the car that advertises. for the
34:03businesses.
34:04>> Mm. This is what does the advertising.
34:05These are little cars that advertise
34:07here. Honey, right? Look, Fun Max, like
34:10the promotions with the phone numbers
34:12here. And here we have a liquor store.
34:15>> Yes,
34:15>> that has its own plant. Look, here
34:17>> these are the liquor stores where you
34:19drive by, you don't get out, you buy
34:21through the window.
34:22>> Mm. All of this is part of the same
34:24place, right?
34:25>> Yeah.
34:25>> I see. Look, here, a restaurant, right?
34:28Where we sat over there.
34:29>> We ate there. Yes, it's very nice.
34:32>> The gentleman, in fact, gave us
34:34authorization to come and record. And
34:37>> this is a lottery center here. "
34:38>> Puerta" lottery center. Look at this,
34:40guys. Here are the restaurant exits.
34:44Look at this. It's a colossal thing.
34:47It's very big. And the entrance would
34:49be over here,
34:49>> on that side over there.
34:50>> On that side over there.
34:51>> Uh-huh.
34:52>> This was like the, wouldn't it be the
34:54parking zone, my love?
34:55>> Uh, uh-huh. And it was the zone where
34:57you parked the car. And the exit would
34:59be this one here,
35:00>> the entrance that is over there, where
35:02the phone is.
35:03>> That's the entrance.
35:03>> Uh-huh. When you walked like that
35:05without a car, you entered directly
35:07through there,
35:08>> you know? And back here is like the
35:09park
35:10>> and this was the the entrance to the
35:12disco that, there was a disco there.
35:13>> Oh, a disco, the place has two floors.
35:16Sure, it’s huge, I tell you.
35:19>> This is the Los Lagos Verdes restaurant
35:21. The entrance here says "liquor sales.
35:24" What does it say there? That was that
35:27plaque. When you sold alcohol in
35:30restaurants,
35:31>> you had to have that authorization,
35:33that plaque.
35:34>> Mm. I mean, the sale of.
35:37>> What does it say there?
35:39>> Sale of. Sale of liquors, registry and
35:41authorization. It was the number of the
35:44registry of the of the restaurant.
35:47>> Guys, look at this one. They restored
35:48this one. Wow. It is completely
35:53restored, my love.
35:54>> What do you think? Go on, go on. It is
35:57completely restored,
35:59>> huh? Look,
36:01>> the corner area.
36:05>> Look at the light fixtures and through
36:10here the door, the large windows,
36:11everything, everything well-kept. My
36:14love, it has its roof tiles well-made.
36:19>> It caught my attention a lot since I
36:20was at the corner. This one catches
36:21your eye? Yes, this is one of the ones
36:23that looks the most
36:26>> restored and taken care of.
36:28>> True, it was very well-kept.
36:30>> Don Carlos Playground 1979. playground,
36:35middle school.
36:36>> I mean, this is the middle school part.
36:39>> Mm.
36:39>> I mean, where they see preschool, first
36:42stage, second stage, and third stage.
36:44Mhm.
36:45>> But in the year 1959, I mean, 9 years
36:51after the earthquake, they founded the
36:54Roberto Montesinos school. Why does it
36:56bear the name Roberto Montesinos?
36:58Because of the poet,
37:00>> because of the poet who was the one who
37:03made the urbanism of Los Teques known.
37:08>> And
37:09>> look, they have a stadium here, my love
37:11. That is a basketball court.
37:13>> A, that is a basketball court inside
37:15the school.
37:15>> Inside the school. In fact, all schools
37:18here in Venezuela have their basketball
37:21court.
37:22>> Basket. Some have them for soccer,
37:24baseball, right?
37:26>> Uh, no, I mean, inside there they play
37:30basketball, volleyball, and well,
37:34soccer, you can see the goalposts there
37:38. Guys, back there you can see the
37:41statues of Roberto Montesino, I think,
37:43my dear, right?
37:44>> And Simón Bolívar.
37:45>> And Simón Bolívar.
37:46>> And here it says, "No, ah, vehicle
37:48traffic prohibited." It's like a
37:49warning sign here for
37:50>> Yes, yes. For the safety of the
37:53students.
37:53>> Of course. And here is the
37:56>> school. Up there it has a plaque,
37:58>> look.
37:59>> A plaque.
37:59>> Yes, a plaque to indicate the name of
38:02the school,
38:03>> of the institution.
38:05>> Semitas for sale. That’s what I'm
38:08telling you, semitas are the classic,
38:10but also catalinas, catalina bread,
38:11roscas, oven bread, cookies. What does
38:14it say here?
38:15>> Snacks.
38:16>> And the snacks. Traditional things from
38:19here in Venezuela, my dear.
38:21>> And the lady who opened the door of the
38:23house for us, she told us that this is
38:25the oven area, the area for artisanal
38:28bread, that there are many houses that
38:30sell bread, I mean, that keep the
38:32tradition alive. Look, here was what
38:36they called the colonial radio
38:39>> of that era.
38:43>> It wasn't FM, it was AM back when AM
38:45radios existed. Yes, this was the first
38:50radio station here.
38:51>> The first radio station here in El Toco
38:52.
38:52>> El Tocuyo.
38:53>> Uh-huh. It was right here in this house
38:55. In fact, you can see how the antennas
38:58from back then are still there.
39:00>> Mm.
39:00>> As they still exist there.
39:01>> Yes. Look at the little antennas. This
39:03turned into a very old house,
39:04>> into a home.
39:06>> Well, it was just a
39:08>> a radio station, I mean,
39:09>> it was a private radio,
39:10>> right? I mean, a radio, you know, for
39:13the public
39:15>> and they broadcast all kinds of news
39:17through there, I mean, music of the
39:19time, in fact, they placed a lot of
39:23emphasis on the town's history.
39:25>> Uh-huh.
39:27>> And back then, the best announcer, for
39:30me he still is. Despite the years and
39:33decades that have passed, it was
39:35Euclides de la Cruz Parra, one of the
39:38best announcers El Tocuyo ever had,
39:40>> that guy isn't alive anymore.
39:42>> No, no, he passed away. He was married
39:44to an aunt of mine and he, well, he
39:50died from an illness, but despite his
39:54age and his illness,
39:57>> his voice was intact, intact. And for
40:00today, in my opinion, no announcer has
40:04reached that level. With that, we’re
40:08wrapping up this video. Tell me if this
40:12amount of information—because the
40:14history here is very vast.
40:16>> Yes, yes.
40:17>> It’s just too much stuff. We saw
40:19practically everything, because this is
40:21an urban development; it’s not a town
40:23, it’s not a place with many
40:24historical sites, but there is so much
40:26history despite being a development.
40:28The development is part of the town, I
40:30mean, we are in the town of El Tocuyo.
40:33The difference is that here it’s
40:35named an urban development, though it's
40:38within the town itself. And yes, we did
40:44many, many things; we found many things
40:47like schools, radio stations, houses
40:50where the first "acemitas" were created
40:53, the name of the one who taught the
40:55woman who made the bread famous, in
40:58short, streets, many things. And above
41:03all, the houses, because
41:05>> the houses
41:05>> are preserved, many houses from the
41:07earthquake are still preserved,
41:08>> the houses
41:10>> many of them—I mean, we can't say
41:11there are 50 houses, but for example,
41:13there are 15 or 20 houses that are
41:15still preserved from that time, maybe
41:18>> they are still standing.
41:19>> Yes, they can still be restored. They
41:21can still be restored.
41:22>> And that’s it for today’s video.
41:25Tell me what you thought. If anyone is
41:28from El Tocuyo, leave it in the
41:30comments section. If you didn't know
41:32this history, leave a comment if we
41:33missed any detail, and if you are from
41:35this area, or are from this sector and
41:38are outside of El Tocuyo, outside of
41:39Venezuela, well,
41:41>> if there is something we failed to
41:43mention here, from the development, let
41:45us know here. So now you know, my
41:47people, with nothing more to say,
41:49we’ll see you
41:50>> in the next one.
41:51>> Bye bye.

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