Mexican Folk Figure. She was a woman whose love story served as inspiration for the celebrated song "En el Muelle de San Blas" ("On the St. Blas Wharf") in 1997, performed by the popular Mexican pop band Maná. She became known as "The Madwoman of San Blas" due to her suffering from a mental disorder. Fher Olvera, the lead singer of Maná, became acquainted with the story of her romance with Manuel, a fisherman who went fishing on a boat in 1971 and never returned after encountering a tropical storm. Despite Manuel's absence, Rebeca continued to wait for her fiancé all these years at the wharf of San Blas, always dressed in her wedding gown, while telling people, "My fiancé will arrive tomorrow, and he will come to the wharf. I promised to wait for him in this dress, so he can recognize me." Maná later composed the song, which went on to become one of the band's greatest hits.
Mexican Folk Figure. She was a woman whose love story served as inspiration for the celebrated song "En el Muelle de San Blas" ("On the St. Blas Wharf") in 1997, performed by the popular Mexican pop band Maná. She became known as "The Madwoman of San Blas" due to her suffering from a mental disorder. Fher Olvera, the lead singer of Maná, became acquainted with the story of her romance with Manuel, a fisherman who went fishing on a boat in 1971 and never returned after encountering a tropical storm. Despite Manuel's absence, Rebeca continued to wait for her fiancé all these years at the wharf of San Blas, always dressed in her wedding gown, while telling people, "My fiancé will arrive tomorrow, and he will come to the wharf. I promised to wait for him in this dress, so he can recognize me." Maná later composed the song, which went on to become one of the band's greatest hits.
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