Adilia Castillo

Adilia Castillo (The Yagual, Achaguas, Apure, August 22, 1933 - Caracas, Venezuela, March 7, 2014), was an actress, singer and composer of folk music known as joropo, typical of the Venezuelan plains, sha was married to Ernesto Torrealba. Castillo began his professional career in the bullfighting world, especially in the New Circus of Caracas and the Maestranza César Girón de Maracay bullring. Adilia Castillo composed more than 80 songs, mainly boleros, pasajes, calypso and joroguara, a mixture of joropo de guaracha.