Shakira’s statue unveiled in Barranquilla, on the same day as her mother’s birthday: ‘I feel honored and touched by this incredible recognition’

Shakira It has its own bronze statue. The 6.5 meter work of art was unveiled this Tuesday on the Gran Malecón in his native Barranquilla, Colombia.

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Kip replicated the movements of her hips and the traditional clothes she usually wears in her concerts whenever she belly dances. “The end of its aluminum skirt symbolizes the wings of the sea and the river. His raised arms and vertically intertwined fists represent the reach of transcendence., can be read on the plaque accompanying the statue.

This piece of art was created as a tribute to his artistic career and his legacy. “I feel honored and touched by this incredible recognition given to me in my Barranquilla, the city where I was born and where I grew up with my dreams. “I am touched by my parents and children and this gesture of love and brotherhood.”said Shakira, who was unable to attend the official delivery of the sculpture.

“Every day I carry them in my heart, because every man and woman from Barranquilla are my brothers and sisters and the inspiration of my life since my childhood,” added the artist.

His parents made up for his absence: Nidia Ripoll and William Mebarak, who represented their daughter. “It makes me happy to share this with my parents, especially my mother on her birthday,” he stated in a post on Instagram.

The statue was made by a local artist Yino Marquez, together with more than 30 workers for several months.

“For we start the production of this sculpture first by modeling it in clay, Then we mold it in silicone and fiberglass, and finally cast it in bronze. It is cast in bronze and the parts are in aluminum,” explained Márquez, quoted in a press release from the Barranquilla Mayor’s Office.

According to EFE, Mayor of Barranquilla, Jaime Pumarejoexpressed that the bronze statue It also shows “millions of girls that it’s possible, that you can follow your dreams and that every single one of them can achieve anything they want.”.

“To be a singer or to be president or to be (…) a business woman, in short, those dreams that she drew and painted and sang in her home, I remember seeing her on Fridays at the ‘pelaos’ (young people) concerts in Washington Park , has become a reality,” said Pumarejo.

According to the mayor, the artist is “they showed that Barranquilla and the Caribbean are amazing“.

Along with three Grammy Awards and 14 Latin Grammy Awards, Shakira has won ten American Music Awards, 13 Billboard Awards, four HTV Awards, 23 Lo Nuestro Awards, among many other awards, as well as millions of sales for her albums and international tours. (AND)