 "Alma Llanera" has since come to be considered as Venezuela's unofficial second national anthem.Its hundredth anniversary was marked by its being declared "Bien de Interés Cultural".The first part of Alma Llanera is inspired on the waltz Marisela by composer Sebastian Díaz Peña from Venezuela, while the second part of Alma Llanera is inspired on the waltz Mita by the Curaçaon composer Jan Gerard Palm (1831-1906).