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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 16 November 2018
Mana honored as Latin Grammys' Person of the Year

By REGINA GARCIA CANO where members of a cara-
Associated Press van of Central Americans
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mexi- attempting to reach the
can rock band Mana be- U.S. border were resting.
came the first group ever He offered them words
to be honored as the Latin of encouragement and
Recording Academy's Per- sang "Rayando el Sol" y "El
son of the Year Wednes- Muelle de San Blas."
day, when its four mem- "I went to see them. We've
bers were recognized dur- been supporting the immi-
ing a star-studded tribute grants here in the United
concert for their creative States for more than 20
accomplishments and years," Olvera said.
philanthropic efforts. "At the end of the day, we
Lead vocalist Fher Olvera, are brothers, we are hu-
drummer Alex González, man beings... We shouldn't
guitarist Sergio Vallín and be afraid of them... I told
bass player Juan Calleros them be careful. I saw ba-
received a crystal tro- bies, I saw children. It was
phy before artists, industry sad, but they have a lot
leaders and others in an of hope." González add-
event the day before the ed that the immigrants
Latin Grammy Awards cer- wouldn't be on this journey
emony in Las Vegas. "if there wasn't so much
"Mana is a band that has corruption in the countries
given its all always — heart Fher Olvera, of Mana, performs at the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year gala they're coming from."
and soul," Olvera said on honoring Mana at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. "Nobody wants to leave
Associated Press
stage before recalling the their country," González
band's humble beginnings More than a dozen Latin "Mariposa Traicionera." through its songs, concerts said on the red carpet.
and the years in which artists honored the band The academy bestowed and, more recently, social "These people are running
they all slept in a van. "We with renditions of its great- the honor on the band media. It has also promot- away from a lot of very
were working a lot, a lot, a est hits. Gilberto Santa for its achievements and ed the Latino vote in the drastic situations.
lot until we reached what Rosa sang a salsa version contributions to the Latin U.S. and has denounced It's a humanitarian crisis,
we have been sowing... . of "Bendita tu Luz," Pablo community and support of what it deems as social but we have to help these
We never thought, for ex- Alborán performed a pop environmental protection injustices in countries such people one way or anoth-
ample, that we were go- rendition of "Rayando el and human rights causes. as Venezuela, Nicaragua er. Yes, it's illegal to enter
ing to play in Israel or that Sol," and Pepe Aguilar ac- Mana has highlighted en- and Bolivia. a country, but as Fher says,
we were going to be play- companied by the Maria- vironmental, social, po- Olvera on Monday visited brothers and sisters, hu-
ing two years ago in the chi Sol de México de José litical and human rights is- a temporary shelter in the manitarian crisis, we have
White House." Hernández interpreted sues for more than 30 years Mexican state of Jalisco to help them."q

Marie Antoinette pearl reaps record $36 million, with fees

By JAMEY KEATEN up for sale, the pendant
Associated Press obliterated the pre-auc-
GENEVA (AP) — A large, tion estimate — in its case,
drop-shaped natural pearl $1 million to $2 million.
pendant sold for more It sold for a hammer price
than $36 million Wednes- of 32 million Swiss francs
day at a rare auction of ($32 million), but with the
jewelry that once be- buyer's premium and fees,
longed to French Queen the total sale rose to more
Marie Antoinette, which than $36.1 million.
Sotheby's is calling a re- The buyer wanted to re-
cord price for a pearl at main anonymous, the
auction. auction house said.
The "Queen Marie Antoi- All told, the Marie Antoi-
nette's Pearl," a diamond- nette pieces reaped near-
and-pearl pendant, was ly $43 million.
among the highlight of- The diamond and pearl
ferings on the block at the jewelry of Marie Antoi-
Sotheby's sale of jewelry nette that went under the
from the Bourbon-Parma hammer epitomized the
dynasty in Geneva. aloof, pre-Revolutionary
Sotheby's billed the sale opulence of French royals
as a once-in-a-lifetime brought down by the up-
chance to scoop up heir- In this Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 file photo, the Queen Marie Antoinette Pearl and diamond pendant, rising.
looms and jewels that from the 18th century, is displayed at Sotheby's, in New York. The wife of King Louis
have been held in the Associated Press XVI, she was executed in
Bourbon-Parma dynasty Some of the Marie Antoi- seen in public for 200 years Like many of the 10 former France's revolutionary fer-
for generations. nette jewelry hadn't been — until now. Marie Antoinette pieces vor in 1793.q