The singer’s recent death Marilia Mendonca really shook all of Brazil. At only 26 years old, the artist was the victim of a terrible plane crash in the state of Minas Gerais, Friday November 5, 2021. Laureate of the Latin Grammy Awards in 2019, she was also one of the most popular representatives of sertanejo, a musical genre close to country.
And this Saturday, November 6, AFP reported that a huge crowd was present in his hometown, to pay him a last and vibrant tribute. “They began to queue at dawn for a chance to enter the stadium which can accommodate 15,000 spectators and where flower arrangements were arriving continuously“, reported the journalists, present on the spot. According to Ronaldo Caiado, governor of the State of Goias, 100,000 people made the trip to attend this tribute.