Salud Hernández additionally attacked Escalona and his daughter defended him

Vallenato is acknowledged as Intangible Heritage of Humanity, and its exponents are the best reference for brand new generations. Speaking about minstrels and masters of the style is synonymous with respect for a folklore that identifies Colombia earlier than the world.

Throughout the previous couple of days, the assaults on nice singers, akin to the newest one by journalist Salud Hernández Mora in opposition to the ‘Cacique of La Junta’, Diomedes Díaz, have brought on repudiation and in protection of his reminiscence he got here out step-by-step. her daughter Lily Díaz, who requested the communicator for respect and consistency when referring to her father.

The journalist devoted a column titled: “Social sanction for Diomedes Díaz”, printed on Might 20 in Semana journal.

However this truth, though it appears remoted within the skilled conduct of Hernández Mora, reveals that his pen is inclined in direction of an assault in opposition to vallenato, though its origins don’t have anything to do with Colombia.

For that reason, El País Vallenato refers back to the embarrassing assault that Salud Hernández Mora additionally made in opposition to trainer Rafael Escalona in 2013, below the identical derogatory standards that this time he used in opposition to Diomedes Díaz.

In a relentless method, the communications skilled printed a column within the newspaper El Tiempo titled “Que los Castren”, wherein she makes a harsh request in opposition to sexual abusers of minors.

However the curious factor in regards to the case, and with none justifiable context, Salud Hernández, ‘forcedly’ mentions the composer Rafael Escalona, ​​among the many humiliating and offensive traces that the opinion article contained.

“How will we enable 20 % of teenage pregnancies in rural areas to be as a result of incest? How will we chuckle at a singer like Escalona as a result of he was so macho that he left 29 acknowledged youngsters along with not understanding what number of with out giving them a final identify? His infinite irresponsibility and his insupportable machismo needs to be a blot on his biography…” the column reads.

HER DAUGHTER DEFENDED WITH HER PEN

Confronted with this unacceptable reference, Taryn Escalona, ​​daughter of Rafael Escalona, ​​responded to the journalist in the identical method, together with her pen, by a column printed within the newspaper El Tiempo titled: “Castrate Escalona?”

“On Sunday, January 27, Salud Hernández Mora uncovered the blockbuster challenge of sexual abusers, and had the unlucky suddenness of “adorning” the subject by together with, pressured!, the identify of Escalona.

However Hernández-Mora doesn’t attempt to poison the reminiscence of our Caribbean glory in any method, however quite repeatedly questions its existence… Does the lady need Escalona to have been castrated, and with it… that neither my brothers nor I might have been born? By the way in which, he proposes eradicating it from our cultural historical past! He solely ignores that each one the youngsters of Escalona are one, within the protection of his reminiscence, as a result of he was an instance and satisfaction for us, and he taught us to not kneel earlier than the greed of those that use our methods to enlarge their very own. Escalona by no means made an apology for crime, he was at all times a mild, beneficiant and educated vallenato who cherished his youngsters, his buddies, he cherished life and his ladies -without disgrace in it- and he by no means mistreated anybody, as a result of he was a gentleman to the letter cabal, who solely dedicated unforgettable lyrics.

In widespread, my father and Salud have two books: Escalona is a part of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Hernández swells the pages of My Confession, Castaño Gil’s legal log,” wrote fellow social communicator Taryn Escalona.

This opinion column, in its time, was extensively learn within the Colombian Caribbean and within the inside of the nation, producing feedback in protection of maestro Rafael Escalona, ​​exalting his legacy as the best minstrel that Vallenato music has ever produced.

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