The comedian Manu Sánchez has won the Silver Dove award for his work to spread culture. When he went up to collect the award, he did not hesitate to start his speech by covering Rocío Jurado to vindicate the Andalusian: “As I speak to you, convince yourself, escort nen, no one will talk to you, no one will talk, no one because I speak to you in a superhuman language,” he intoned in the Andalusian Parliament. But after his particular version of the famous song he has gone further and dedicated an applauded plea to health and education, peace and justice.
“I change all the s’s for the z’s, I eat the endings and the letters,” the actor continued, ending with “if you don’t understand me, the problem is not me.” As he himself stated in his speech, there was no other way to begin his thanks, winking at Andalusia, which “does not speak bad Spanish but perfect Andalusian.”
In the room there were, in addition to renowned figures from the world of culture, young people attending the event. “Almost no dream comes true,” he told them. Of course, in order for them to be fulfilled, he continued, “we would all have to be able to allow ourselves to dream on the same mattress.” Because, in his opinion, “peace is not the absence of conflict,” but the “absence of injustice.” “Peace is not individual, it is collective.”
“There is nothing more universal than being Andalusian”
Between laughter and applause, the presenter also reviewed different symbols. Like the dove, which represents reconciliation and is also linked to its region through that olive branch. He also talked about the pillars of Hercules, about which he said that those two pillars represented health and education. “Don’t let our two columns touch us,” he asked.
Regarding the importance of taking care of health, Sánchez made reference to the cancer that he was recently diagnosed with: “Public health has had the blessed detail of saving my life,” he said.
And he talked about two other symbols: the two lions of the Andalusian flag. One is sport, and the other is culture, he indicated. And what is the culture? “He who bites.”
He ended his emotional speech by remembering the figure of Blas Infante, “the one who said that there was nothing more universal than being Andalusian.” And with a final phrase: “Long live Andalusia free, and in peace.”
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