From fan to collector of the ‘Cacique de La Junta’

Each Could 26, Diomedes Díaz’s birthday, Fernando Rocha Martínez, a fan and collector of the singer, dusts off greater than two thousand items that characterize the musical reminiscence of the artist, and seeks to protect his legacy inside music.

A local of the municipality of Chimichagua, Cesar, 55 years outdated, Rocha Martínez proudly, and on the identical time very suspiciously, retains greater than 500 cassettes, 800 CDs, greater than 30 posters of a number of the album covers of the ‘Cacique’; magazines, newspapers, caps, books, key chains and numerous gadgets that he treasures in his dwelling, positioned within the Brisas de La Popa neighborhood on this capital.

The area has develop into too small to protect these items that he claims have been collected with nice effort. “I used to be born a follower of the Binomio de Oro, however following the dying of Rafael Orozco, my musical vein leaned in the direction of the music of Diomedes Díaz. I began shopping for a CD, however because the years glided by, the musical euphoria grew alongside together with his fame, and I even stopped shopping for meals to attain full report collections,” stated Rocha in the lounge of his dwelling. the place he obtained the staff from Ajá and Qué Valledupar.

To get to this touring museum, as a result of it strikes each time it strikes or on emblematic dates to recollect Diomedes, you cross a number of dusty streets that lead completely to a small room and a room, the place the collections of CDs and posters are a part of the decorations of the property.

An alley, by which the framed posters are organized facet by facet, result in a suitcase the place greater than 500 cassettes relaxation, which will need to have been recorded in recollections, earlier than expertise destroyed his relic. It additionally has the unique assortment of the ‘Cacique’ hits, images and ‘Rumbera’ magazines, by which every of the artist’s triumphs have been reviewed.

As if that weren’t sufficient, it has one of many posters autographed by the artist, who, by way of a good friend who was answerable for his safety within the Judicial Jail, managed to acquire it and immediately retains it as the best of treasures. “Fernando, with nice pleasure. Could God and the Virgin be with you,” is learn within the handwriting of the ‘Cacique’, on the poster the place the artist seems alongside the accordion participant Juancho De la Espriella.

A GREAT TREASURE WITH SENTIMENTAL VALUE

With satisfaction, Fernando Rocha assures that Diomedes Diaz himself was conscious of this assortment. “I went to the stands and occasions they held in order to not lose monitor of him, I even stopped shopping for my pound of meat and invested the assets on this assortment that’s historical past immediately. I even purchased as much as six CDs to provide as items and I solely stored the one from the gathering, along with the posters that I had them framed to forestall them from deteriorating,” he defined.

This odyssey started in 1993 and immediately it’s a nice treasure for vallenato music. “I handle them like my eyes, and in every switch I keep away from any harm as a result of that is my museum, I treasure it as a result of it doesn’t have an financial worth, however reasonably a sentimental worth, subsequently, yearly of his start or anniversary of his dying, I present these relics to Let everybody see how nice our Cacique of La Junta was.”

Rocha Martínez immediately belongs to the ‘Diomedistas’ group in Valledupar, who’re chargeable for taking his legacy to all corners of the area. “I managed to have contact with the artist once I labored on the Cesar Clinic within the public service space, and when Diomedes was sick he was admitted to the well being heart, though it was tough as a result of everybody needed to greet him, I managed to speak to him and I requested him know concerning the massive variety of gadgets that he collected in his honor.”

For this collector, Diomedes Díaz by no means goes out of favor. He was an artist who gave every thing and left his legacy singing about girls, love, dad and mom, unhappiness and life; Everyone knows that this nice composer and singer left no room for anything, he’s an immortal idol.

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