"Sarape y Sombrero", Jose Alfredo Jimenez - Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico - Funerary Art on Waymarking.com

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José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval, was a Mexican singer and composer who became world famous for creating a large number of songs of the Mexican genre, mainly ranchera and corridos accompanied by mariachi bands.

Shaped like a gigantic Mexican Hat, his tomb is a place of pilgrimage and even celebration, in that particular way of understanding death that Mexicans have.

Under the hat, the inscription "Life is worth nothing" and the name "Jose Alfredo Jimenez 1926-1973", part of the lyrics of his song Camino de Guanajuato, is premonitory. On the sides of the hat, a zarape or long blanket or scarf made with a mosaic of many colors, recalls the title of many of his songs.

Before having that monument, the singer was buried in a simple tomb, until his son-in-law, architect Javier Senosiain, designed this tomb, which was inaugurated on November 23, 1998 on the 25th anniversary of his death.

The tomb is located at a cemetery 15 minutes from the center of Dolores Hidalgo. Admission is free and inside the pantheon you can follow the explanations of a guide who will explain to you what the singer's life was like, and you can also find someone who will lend you a hat and a zarape so you can take a photo dressed as a charro, next to the tomb. of the popular musician.

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