Ministro de Cultura Roberto Ángel Salcedo Destaca la Alegría del Pueblo Dominicano en Acto de Reconocimiento a Zoé

Transcript

00:00As a Minister of Culture, as a Dominican, and as a former classmate of the sister of Soheb, Mariel,

00:09I come to this act full of emotion.

00:14Soheb Saldaña is the reflection of the work, of the sacrifice, of the effort.

00:19There is a very interesting book by a Canadian writer named Malcolm Gladwell

00:25that talks about the outliers.

00:30That book refers to the 10,000 hours of practice that indefinitely contribute

00:36to a person becoming a virtuoso, a specialist in anything to do with life.

00:44That would apply in sports, it would apply in business, in art,

00:49and I see Soheb Saldaña reflected in that conception.

00:54From an early age, he showed empathy for the arts,

00:58but beyond that empathy, with a talent that he had,

01:03he cultivated it through practice, through rehearsal, through sacrifice.

01:08And today, she has become a national and international reference

01:14that fills the entire Dominican Republic with pride.

01:17Soheb, welcome to your homeland.

01:23Welcome to the Dominican Republic, a land of good people, of hardworking people,

01:31of solidary people, and of generous people.

01:34I believe that these are characteristics that also adorn you,

01:38and that make every Dominican today feel more proud to have been born in this homeland,

01:43or to have had ties as close and intimate as the ones you have had.

01:48I hope that this will be the first of many meetings to continue celebrating your life,

01:53celebrating your career, and these great successes that put the Dominican flag

01:58at the firmament of the whole world.

02:01Thank you very much. May God bless you, bless your family, and bless the Dominican people.