Difficult to locate Juana Bacallao's tomb in the Colon Cemetery in La Habana

The followers of the Cuban artist Juana Bacallao, who died in February at the age of 98, they regret that in the Columbus Cemetery In Havana there is no plaque that indicates the exact place of his burial.

The Cuban sports journalist and commentator Yasel Porto warned that it would be difficult for those who did not attend the funeral to find the artist's resting place Juana Bacallao, after visiting his grave last March.

“Thanks to the video of his funeral, and because the Havana necropolis is one of the places that I know best in Havana, it was easy for me to identify where he was given a Christian burial,” Porto said in Facebook.

At the same time, the young journalist, who confessed to be an admirer of Bacallao's work, realized that near the resting place of the famous artist there are also buried Adalberto Alvarez and Jose Luis Cortes.

Of the latter, he warned that there are two marble plaques that "make it known to everyone who passes by the official pantheon of culture," in contrast to the unfortunate oblivion to which the place where the singer was buried has been destined. that he said he admired so much.

The state of Bacallao's tomb has caused “great consternation and annoyance among his followers and the community in general,” the website reported this Monday. Cuban Newspaper.

The absence of a plaque marking his resting place has made it difficult for his followers to pay him the deserved tribute, the digital newspaper pointed out.

However, this complaint is nothing more than the culminating point of the oblivion suffered by the famous artist, whose funeral He was also exempt from the recognition that other creators receive upon death..

A few people attended his wake, which was carried out discreetly at the Calzada y K funeral home, denoting the abandonment in which the well-known “show woman” of Cuba lived.

However, the abandonment and apathy in the Columbus Cemetery has been denounced on other occasions.

The young Cuban Camila Navarro, after visiting her grandfather's tomb in that necropolis, found a scene of abandonment and deterioration.

Dancer, influencer and personal trainer living in Europe, the young woman shared in Instagram a video that shows the deplorable state of the cemetery.