There were no curtains or spotlights, no big headlines in the press and no fuss on social media.
For the vast majority of the inhabitants of this island it went unnoticed.
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But the residents of the Dionisia had a different Sunday; especially the children, and in particular the little ones who, due to their young age, was perhaps the first time they had come face to face with a clown.
They didn’t have to get tickets in advance or travel far from home.
Almost in front of their doors and windows they had Clown Corbatica, Clown Florecita, a contortionist, a magician, a tightrope walker…
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They came from the National Circus to cheer them up on Sunday morning and also it was informed that they would have a different day in La Timba, El Fanguito and Lindero, all communities with social complexities in the process of transformation, and that they were precisely the ones chosen to start the forty-fifth Week of Culture in the Havana municipality of Plaza de la Revolución .
But the happy ones were not only the neighbors, the artists also carried their dose of happiness.
So he made it known to CubaYes Reymis Caridad Cardona , who dances the hula hula, and commented moments before her presentation:
“I like social work a lot, you feel very rewarded. Because it’s not the same when you work in the theater as when you work directly with children.
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“You see their faces of joy, of astonishment, so attentive, they want to take photos with you, sometimes they even ask you for an autograph, you see up close that they enjoy and are grateful. For that, I also thank you.”
