In his speech Santos referred to the intense rivalry between Lorenzo Morales and his main contender, Emilian Zuleta for the throne of vallenato in the 1930s. Read more on that piqueria and the world famous song that resulted from that battle, La Gota Fría here.
He also cited one of the most famous phrases in vallenato, "En adelante van estos lugares..." from Leandro Díaz' La Diosa Coronada, the phrase that opens one of the greates love novels of all times, García Márquez' Love in the Times of Cholera.
See president Santos' speech here:
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