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Camagüey, Mar 10.- Camagüey-born writer Evelin Queipo Balbuena, who has also been training and developing her oral storytelling skills, is participating as a guest at the International Storytellers Festival of Hidalgo in Mexico, from March 9 to 20.
Her presence at the event has been received with enthusiasm, and also with a certain surprise for herself. She shared a reflection on her Facebook profile about how this journey began long before it materialized. She recalled that a couple of years ago, Mexican storyteller YuririaCañedoMesinas told her casually: "When you go to Mexico, you'll stay at my house." At the time, she confessed, she appreciated the gesture, although she thought the circumstances for that to happen seemed improbable.
"Dear reader, allow me to tell you: we have no right to scrutinize destiny, to doubt what others dream, wish, and decree for you. Start dreaming alongside those who love you," she wrote before adding that "Mexico already embraces me in these posters, Mexico already awaits me. And I approach timidly. Because when we are on the path toward a beautiful dream, we are still afraid."
The festival will bring together storytellers from various countries of the continent, including representatives from Cuba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, and Mexico, according to the information released.
The event also coincides with the celebrations of World Storytelling Day, which every March 20 calls upon storytellers and audiences from numerous countries to celebrate the ancient art of telling stories. It is a practice that has accompanied humanity since its origins, when the spoken word, gesture, and closeness with the audience were the natural ways to transmit memories, knowledge, and emotions.
In Evelin Queipo's case, this tradition takes on a particular nuance: she not only tells stories but also writes them. Her work links literature with orality, so that stories are born on the page and then find another life in the voice, on stage, and in dialogue with those who listen. This relationship between writing and oral storytelling reflects a creative process that the author continues to explore and perfect as part of her artistic growth. (Yanetsy León González/Adelante Digital) (Photo: Adelante Digital)
