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[00:00.64] Daniel: And while we drink this, we dance cueca.

[00:03.39] Olga: What is cueca?

[00:04.89] Daniel: Cueca is our national dance.

[00:06.64] Olga: How do you, how can you explain it?

[00:08.64] Daniel: It's about, OK, it's the Chilean cowboy dancing in order to flirt with the girl.

[00:17.64] Olga: Do you wear any kind of special dress?

[00:20.64] Daniel: Yes. The girl is wearing a long dress.

[00:24.14] Olga: Yes.

[00:25.39] Daniel: And the guy is wearing sombrero.

[00:30.39] Olga: Yeah.

[00:31.14] Daniel: It's not like, it's not as big as Mexican sombrero but it's smaller and a small poncho.

[00:36.39] Olga: Oh yeah, I think I've seen it before. Yeah, like the small poncho is like almost like every time it's brown and with like kind of like colorful lines?

[00:47.89] Daniel: Yes.

[00:49.14] Olga: Oh yeah, I've seen it before, yeah.

[00:50.89] Daniel: And we also wear boots and spurs which makes it really, really difficult to dance.

[00:57.89] Olga: Have you danced it before?

[01:00.14] Daniel: I have but I don't think I succeeded.

[01:03.39] Olga: Oh, I see. And what do you mean it's kind of romantic dance?

[01:09.14] Daniel: It is a romantic dance.

[01:10.14] Olga: How?

[01:11.14] Daniel: Because you have to flirt with the girl.

[01:13.39] Olga: Oh, I see.

[01:14.64] Daniel: That's the point of the dance.

[01:16.14] Olga: And is it, does it mean anything? Does it have any meaning?

[01:21.39] Daniel: It's related to how, because we use a handkerchief so it's how, it symbolizes a rope so you can, you have to catch the girl with your rope.

[01:32.14] Olga: Oh, I see, that's pretty cute.

[01:39.14] Daniel: Yeah, it is.