With serenade enthusiasts remembered Diomedes Díaz 8 years after his demise

He’s nonetheless alive via his tune, his legacy is unforgettable and his humanitarian sense is the standard that his enthusiasts consider probably the most, who commemorated him this December 22 in Valledupar at 8 years of his demise.

A serenade was once the start of the actions performed in Jardines del Ecce Homo, so far as his enthusiasts and pals arrived via chanting his songs earlier than the grave that was once completely embellished with pink, white and yellow plants.

{A photograph} of the artist identifies the grave, many took benefit of the instant to take footage and till they had been observed earlier than who was once his idol and most exponent of vallenato folklore.

The Mariachi Garibaldi, who sang even on his birthdays, has been providing his repertoire within the posthumous tribute for 8 years. They interpreted songs like ‘No person is everlasting’, ‘Amigo’, ‘Everlasting Love’, amongst others, which have been chanted via the fans of ‘The Cacique de l. a. Junta’, who arrived in Valledupar from Magdalena, L. a. Guajira, Barrancabermeja, Bolívar and the entire corners of Cesar.

“Diomedes at all times appreciated Mexican tune, even he went to his live performance with Mariachi boots. Even supposing he was once at all times because of his vallenato target audience, he didn’t go away at the back of this style of the guitar and admired Vicente Fernández,” stated Fernando Gaviria, singer of Mariachi Garibaldi and buddy of Diomedes.

He stated he didn’t consider since when Ranchera sang to ‘El Cacique de l. a. Junta’, there have been a few years of Parranda with him. Now since his demise in 2013, he does now not fail within the tribute to his grave.

It’s nonetheless legitimate

‘At all times there’, is the slogan that characterizes Joaquín Guillén, who for years accompanied Diomedes as a supervisor and from his demise is liable for remembering it via a musical and spiritual tribute.

And so it took place the day prior to this, from early Guillén ready the whole thing and presided over the tribute receiving others to guests who attend Gardines of Ecce Homo once a year. “I can reside thankful to my compadre till God has me alive, I owe Diomedes so much and that word ‘at all times there’ is a pattern of the appreciation we had. It was once a friendship that was once cultivated because the leader was once no person.”

He reiterated that the speculation is to stay Diomedes alive via tune, along with exalting his style for Mexican tune, which he listened to the successes of Calixto Ochoa and Poncho Zuleta. “The manager remains to be legitimate, continues to combat and doing what he at all times stated, that when demise it could be higher.”

At the video of the music ‘Fly L. a. Paloma’, which has change into viral on social networks, Guillén stated this is a pattern that Diomedes is immortal and there can be no person to switch it.

It’s an honor to keep in mind it

Amongst the ones attending tribute, there have been other folks from other municipalities and departments. Such is the case of Eduardo Miranda, who from Brosonia arrived at Jardines del Ecce Homo to take part within the tournament. “I’ve been a follower of Diomedes Díaz, I at all times attended his concert events even in different spaces equivalent to Riohacha, Santa Marta and each nook of Cesar, the place I got here to peer him accompany him.”

Every other of the attendees was once Yojan David Gómez, a local attorney of Valledupar, who stressed out that Diomedes will have to now not simplest spotlight their musical high quality however the humanitarian. “I met him within the judicial jail, there he was once an idol now not just for his songs, however for the lend a hand he presented to the inhabitants disadvantaged of liberty. Someday I witnessed how he disbursed his royalties to the prisoners or even to me he gave me 200,000 pesos as bonuses; he was once a personality and lots of didn’t know that center so nice that the manager had,” he stated.

From San Juan del Cesar additionally arrived Marta Fragozo, who with a blouse that renews once a year with a unique symbol of the artist, stated that so long as he has existence will attend the cemetery at the day of the birthday and the demise of the artist.

“From an overly younger age I used to be keen on his tune, my father took me to the cubicles to bounce and sing. My style against the vallenato of it I owe to ‘El Cacique’, I’m a diomedist till he died.”

The pilgrimage prolonged all over the morning and six:00 within the afternoon the Holy Eucharist was once held for its everlasting relaxation.

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Via social networks, many artists remembered the immortal Diomedes Díaz, as Poncho Zuleta did in his Instagram account through which he wrote the next message, accompanied via {a photograph} through which he seems hugged with ‘The Cacique’: “Compadre pricey there’s no day that doesn’t remind you. God has you in his glory”.

His eldest son Rafael Santos additionally remembered him via declaring “You wish to have a dad, already 8 years of your departure and I believe that each music that I will sing there are with me. There have been such a lot of recollections that you just left embodied in my existence; I’m representing your legacy with numerous love, the Aristocracy and appreciate earlier than the circle of relatives and your fans…”.

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