It was fulfilled 55th edition of the Vallenato Festivalin which he was given a tribute to minstrel Jorge Oñatewho died in February 2021 after battling covid-19 for several weeks at the clinic.
Precisely, your godson the singer Silvestre Dangond he was chosen by the organization to be the one to perform this tribute, interpreting in his voice those musical hits of ‘Ruiseñor’, accompanied by accordion players who shared the scene with Oñate. The place rumbled when the interpreter of ‘How he did it’ intoned ‘I never understood your love.’
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The tribute was applauded by the attendees, but Sylvester Dangond at one point he had to stop the presentation because he could not contain the tears.