The last goodbye to diva mexican Silvia Pinal at the Palace of Fine Arts was a very familiar, intimate and emotional affair, despite it being a tribute national with the attendance of hundreds of admirers.
From very early on Saturday there were people lined up waiting to say goodbye to the first actress of the Mexican Golden Cinema. The ceremony It began at 11:25 in the morning with a guard of honor around his coffin, ridden by his daughters Sylvia Pasquel and Alejandra Guzmán, his granddaughters Stephanie Salas and Giordana Guzmán, his great-granddaughter Michelle Salas and the Secretary of Culture of Mexico, Claudia Curiel de Icaza.
The dynasty of artists He bid farewell to his matriarch with beautiful words. Pasquel was the first to remember her mother.
“For the entire Mexican public it is a loss, but for us, your family“Our mother is leaving,” the actress also said through tears. “My beautiful, tender, friendly, witty, beautiful mother. “God is celebrating because one of his most beloved daughters returns to his arms to fill the sky with joy, mischief and art.”
Guzmán, who true to his style rocker She was wearing high-heeled boots with studs, she was the second to take the word.
“For me it is a honor to be able to feel the affection of all of Mexico, and of the whole world. “My mother is great, we were all together when she transcended, when she took her last breath, which I will always have in my heart,” highlighted the singer. “He always taught me and to all that this matriarchy always had magic, always art… I think that is the best inheritance I can have, that caste, that root that always went to the end. “I want them to know that she left in peace and she left so calmly, that she deserved to rest too.”
In it funeral Pinal’s son, Luis Enrique Guzmán, was not present, although they did meet colleagues like the actress Patricia Reyes Spindola. It had musical numbers by the pop singer, MarÃa del Sol, who performed “We will meet again” and the opera singer Humberto Cravioto with the Mariachi of the Ballet Folklorico de México of Amalia Hernández, who performed “Nube Viajera” and “La golden boat.”
His great-granddaughterthe model and businesswoman Michelle Salas, pointed out that the farewell he was “a beacon of light for his family, his people and his entire country.”
“It was a women advanced in her time, a tireless warrior who fought for her family, for her union and above all, for all women,” she said. “Every time I look at the sky I will look for your light and your voice telling me: Be good, little girl!, because In every star, in every dawn, in every moment of love you will always be there.
Salas’ mother, Stephanie Salas, said that when she was little she was surprised when strangers approached her. grandmother to ask autographs.
“Over time I understood that my grandmother It was nothing more than me grandmotherbut that he was part of his audience and that it was beautiful to understand that… thank you for making us love this career“, he expressed. “We will always remember that you are encouraging us to know that this career It is about respect, and not just about respect, about a lot of work, a lot of credibility, the delivery of sympathy, of joy.”
Salas’ youngest daughter, Camila Valero, highlighted the privilege arrest great-grandmother for 27 years and noted that people constantly asked him what advice his grandmother: “Study, study your character, study the art, study this career“.
“I think that speaks lot of the person he was, prepared, took He took his work seriously, he took it with love, with dedication. And what I want most in this life is to be able to even keep up with my great-grandmother.”
Tribute
The lobby of the Palace of Fine Arts was adorned with photographs of Pinal throughout his prolific careeras well as with floral arrangements sent by artists such as Luis Miguel, Gloria Trevi and Alicia Villarreal, and institutions such as the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature.
“The womenbut his name remains as figure transcendental of the history of cinema Mexican,” said Mexico’s Secretary of Culture, Claudia Curiel de Icaza. “Pioneer of media communicationbusinesswoman, mother, pillar of a dynasty, women, Silvia Pinal, diva unique and unrepeatable, a global icon that we recognize and celebrate today.
The memory of a tribute to your path also carried out in Fine Arts two years ago, was very present in his descendants, who mentioned it on several occasions.
“I want to thank the Palace of Fine Arts because it opened its doors to us in that beautiful tribute and that it opens its doors to us today to say goodbye to this great women“Pasquel said.
Music
There was cheers from the audience, as well as a minute of applause. It was also done tribute to her work as a pioneer of theater musical in Mexico, whose first productions he made in 1958, with pieces from “Hello Dolly” and “Mame“.
A choir with mariachi performed the boleros “Only once” and “Contigo”, as well as the classic songs of funeral in Mexico, “Eternal Love” and “Las Golondrinas”, the latter the piece chosen for the moment in which the coffin was removed at 1:00 pm.
- Pinal, one of the largest stars of the Golden Age of cinema Mexican, who shared credits with Cantinflas, Tin Tan and Pedro Infante, and starred in Luis Buñuel’s film “Viridiana” that won a prize at Cannes, died on Thursday at the age of 93.
- Outside the palace, the student communication Fernanda Ortega, 20 years old, and her grandmother MarÃa Guadalupe Malpica, 71, retired after the tribute. They had been lined up since 8:30 in the morning and received a silver reguilet like several people from the public who were fortunate enough to enter the palace to witness the entire event. farewell, while that hundreds of other people passed in a long line in front of the coffin.
- “One always sees his films and even if one has seen them, they were repeated again and we returned Let’s see,” said Malpica. “It looked like it was from miles away. humanmore than anything it was very human“.
