Wednesday, December 27, 2023

New, Second Statue of Singer-Songwriter Shakira in Barranquilla, Colombia

In December 2023 Shakira, the Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, was honoured by a huge statue of herself dancing, in her home town of Barranquilla, in Colombia.  The statue is 21 feet high. Shakira also has a Shakira Day, September 29th.  The statue echoes her song, hips don't lie.

The city already had a statue of Shakira with a guitar. This has been there since 2018.
Her home town is known for its four day carnival.

Statue of Shakira with a guitar, in Barranquilla, Colombia
 
This picture or her was taken in 2011. very glamorous yet down to earth.

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 She is now, in 2023, aged 46 years.

back in 2007 Shakira said,
I’ve always lived through my mouth. I am fixated on chocolate, the spoken word, things I’ve said and the things I should never have said.
  • On what she considers her oral fixations in “Shakira” in Outlook India Magazine (2007 Apr 9) in da club w ma twin 

On her official website you can buy teeshirt tote bags a mug at 27 not cheap, and a bucket hat. She also has perfume.

Useful Websites

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67826941

https://people.com/shakira-receives-statue-in-her-colombian-hometown-of-barranquilla-8420265

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakira

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