Below a leafy mango tree and taking a look against his Patillal land, that is how the stays of the poet and composer Rafael Calixto Escalona Martínez relaxation, within the Jardines Ecce Homo cemetery, the place the day gone by on his ninety fifth birthday a mausoleum was once unveiled that can now change into in a pilgrimage website for enthusiasts of Vallenato folklore.
It isn’t a area within the air, it’s his ultimate resting position positioned very shut to people who have been his nice buddies comparable to Jaime Molina, Colacho Mendoza and Diomedes Díaz himself.
The day prior to this there was once a morning of pilgrimage, poems and songs through vital composers, decimistas and accordion avid gamers, who accompanied friends and family of the poet from Patillal in any such important act that seeks to maintain the legacy of the creator of songs like ‘Los angeles casa en el aire’ , ‘The testomony’, ‘Elegy for Jaime Molina’, ‘Badillo’s custody’, ‘Outdated Sara’, amongst others.
“My father’s demanding situations rested within the circle of relatives pantheon within the Central Cemetery of Valledupar, however all of his youngsters and kinfolk thought to be that Rafael Escalona will have to have his personal area, his position of pilgrimage the place all other people can consult with the tomb the place the demanding situations relaxation. from Escalona. Essentially the most gorgeous factor is that my father at all times sought after his demanding situations to stay underneath a mango tree and there he’s, even taking a look at Patillal, his land,” mentioned Taryn Escalona, daughter of the minstrel and president of the Rafael Calixto Escalona Basis.
He recalled that the which means of being underneath a mango tree is that Escalona was once a farmer, he truly favored the geographical region and fruit timber, they have been even a supply of inspiration for plenty of of his songs that have been additionally a part of the Vallenata parrandas, which beneath of the timber, have been celebrated in Valledupar. Escalona narrated day by day occasions thru songs, the tales weren’t advised, they have been sung.
During the Ministry of Tradition and Tourism of Cesar, enhance was once equipped to the circle of relatives of maestro Escalona, who this Might 26 would flip 95 years of lifestyles, crucial date for the area and the rustic, mentioned Iván Murgas, secretary of Tradition and Tourism of Cesar
“Vallenato has change into nice as a result of those endearing characters of folklore, even on Might 26 the remembered Diomedes Díaz would even have his birthday; Therefore the significance that the Cultural and Conference Middle of Vallenata Tune may have in our land, which will likely be inaugurated subsequent yr through the Executive of Cesar.”
There will likely be a Museum of Popularity and all of the historical past of vallenato, the place those nice exponents will likely be.
POETIC FATHER
Iván Ovalles, Vallenato composer, mentioned that during his profession, Rafael Escalona is his poetic father, a super buddy of his father Iván Ovidio, and a cultural reference; the daddy of vallenato tune. “It brings me the energy of affection, I’m going to discuss love, as a result of I used to be born of affection… when I used to be a kid I already dreamed of being a super guy, being a delusion and being a legend, like Maestro Escalona…”
Likewise, the V King of Kings of the Accordion, Almes Granado, mentioned that speaking about Escalona is regarding the lifetime of vallenato itself, a super composer whom “we nonetheless raise in our hearts; If he isn’t born, in all probability we’d now not be enjoying this vallenato that God has given us.”
Ivo Díaz, vallenato singer, mentioned for his section that he’s now not best the son of Leandro Diaz, however of Rafael Escalona, as a result of musically the 2 marked his creative lifestyles, thru their compositions, whose inspiration was once at all times lifestyles itself.
The solemn tournament culminated with the musical participation of accordion avid gamers Almes Granado ‘El Cocha’ Molina, who accompanied Ivo Díaz and José Jorge Oñate, who carried out some items from Escalona; reiterating that the maestro was once ‘the genesis of vallenato folklore, Escalona, as a result of his ancestor, started to provide it price’, as Julio Cesar Daza, Patillal’s composer, mentioned in one in all his décimas.
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