The mystique can hide in the virtue of being a child. Not by force, nor with the arrogant attitude and the visible effort to keep up with him. They would find out.

So, it only remains to learn and in that attempt, speaking and thinking like an adult is no longer so complicated and boring if we believe in a naive but authentic feeling, real as the years that grow and visualize themselves young; however, they open their arms to feel the world as if it were the first time.

And in that walk of telling the story again, of embracing a dream, I found an adult who understands it. I know because it is difficult to detach yourself from personal achievements and egos to put someone else’s achievement first.

He confirmed it for me. He now has a very different lifestyle, he is called Harlequin and makes his own words that are foreign but true. Noble is the word to describe it, he says.

“He sensitizes, educates, moves passions within the community of the historic center of the city, due to the quality of the performances of the children who have been part of the group”, he expresses.

“Harlequin is already part of the imaginary of the people of Camagüey. Harlequin is the project of my life and has brought great satisfaction to families because it has managed to transform the mentality of many.”

There is more, he tells it from the beginning. It all started in 1999, although two years later he dropped by and “the profession won me over”. He explains to me that all artistic manifestations are represented and the main objective is the formation of the new man from an integral vision. It is also a priority to influence the quality of life of society.

It has been so. These days, around 23, many messages arrive on social networks and relive the anecdotes that by themselves refer to the attachment of the children who are the reason for the Group’s existence.

“If a project penetrates your blood, it inevitably leads you down that path of being another person. Now I think differently, other feelings move me.”

Osmary Fustiel Águila, director and choreographer of the Arlequín Artistic Group understands mysticism, that sensation of thinking as an infant. Nine generations have taught him, he is not afraid to say so. The project, belonging to the Office of the Historian of Camagüey city, is of vital importance because qualities such as discipline and usefulness are included in it.

“I would like it to be the greatest. It is one of the good things that has happened to this province,” Osmary looks at the present and future of Harlequin, the group where he recovered the spirit of always finding the good side, the clinical eye for always find the sparkles of happiness in the company of those who change the world just by dancing, painting, singing, telling stories and staging them; with the sole intention of being honest. If not, they would find out.

Translated by: Aileen Álvarez García