New York Mayor Eric Adams decreed on July 16 Celia Cruz Day in the city20 years after the departure of “la Guarachera de Cuba”.
The proclamation was made this Sunday within the framework of the fifth “Cuban and Hispano-American Parade of New York”, which is dedicated to the “Queen of Salsa”, on the twentieth anniversary of her death.
The mayor of New York, who recognized that this city is made up of immigrants, applauded the cultural strengthening of the metropolis to which Celia Cruz contributed so much.
The parade, “an opportunity to deepen one’s knowledge of Cuban culture,” was a celebration of Latino music and culture on Madison Avenue, from 38th to 27th streets.
Two decades after he lost his battle against cancer, the Cuban community paid tribute to him by dedicating a float to him in New York, and going to his mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.
“As the first Cuban female rapper to break through…in the United States…it’s amazing to be here. The rain, you know, it’s slowing us down a bit from a schedule standpoint, but I think it’s a blessing to be here and share in culture and community two icons that created a kind of jazz fusion that ended up being salsa and that has influenced artists all over the world,” said Cuban rapper Don Dinero.
With a memorial mass and a bank with his name In the Hermitage of Caridad del Cobre in Miami, the Cuban exile paid tribute to the singer Celia Cruz in South Florida.
The tribute took place on Friday night with a remembrance mass and the inauguration of a memorial bench in front of the Malecón built in the Hermitage, the spiritual enclosure of the Cuban community in exile.
Likewise, on the 21st of this month, a display of your wardrobe and personal items called “Celia Cruz Forever” at the Little Havana Tower Theater in Miami.
