La India Canela at the 2009 Festival

. She has recorded several albums and won two Casandras. (The Casandra is the Dominican Republic's highest prize in the arts.) However, she says, "the best prize that one can win is the sentiment of the public, the people who appreciate and admire you." La India is also happy that, in turn, she has influenced a younger generation of female accordionists: "It has been a great satisfaction for me that some of the young women have come up to me and said that they have seen in me an example ...
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