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10:09 CAT | 14 Mar 2020
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- Italians have found an alternative way of enjoying the end of a week stuck at home.
Italians are beating the social isolation imposed by the country’s coronavirus lockdown by taking to their windows and singing in unison, with videos of the phenomenon racking up thousands of views online.
Since Monday, a series of decrees from the Italian government have drastically limited citizens’ movements, with vast swathes of the economy shut down and people instructed to leave the house only when strictly necessary.
All cultural events have also been suspended, prompting some celebrities to start organising online performances and museums to put virtual tours online.
Another attempt to boost morale has now come in the form of impromptu music at people’s windows.
I love you baby
And if it’s quite all right
I need you baby
To warm the lonely nights
I love you baby
Trust in me when I say
🇮🇹 💃🕺🎶
Cant Take My Eyes off You😍#Italy 👏 pic.twitter.com/C434MpKjSz— Maaly Almuzaini🇰🇼معالي المزيني (@maaly_almuzaini) March 14, 2020
One recording in the Tuscan city of Siena has been viewed over 600,000 times on Twitter.
In it, residents sing the traditional “Canto della Verbena” about the city from their windows, including a rousing verse with the words “long live our Siena!”.
Italian singer Andrea Sannino posted a compilation on his Instagram feed of people singing his song Abbracciame (“Embrace Me”) at their windows in the southern city of Naples, his hometown.
“A day I will tell my children and grandchildren about,” the singer wrote, adding: “Thank you for making me cry floods of tears!”
In another video purportedly of an apartment building in the northern city of Turin, residents can be seen on their balconies trying to perform the Macarena, a Spanish dance song, in unison.
On Friday evening in several districts of Rome, music and singing could be heard coming from people’s windows, including renditions of the national anthem.
A message circulating on WhatsApp had encouraged people to sing specific songs on certain days, including the anthem on Friday.
Another tune heard on Friday night was Grazie Roma, a popular song from the 1990s, which includes the words: “Tell me what it is which makes us feel like we’re together, even when we’re apart.”
Another social media initiative has seen Italians put up signs outside their homes saying “andra tutto bene” or “everything will be OK”.
The slogan is accompanied by a picture of a rainbow – often drawn by children at home as school is cancelled.
Italy has been struck by the worst European outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic, with more than 17,000 cases and 1,266 deaths.
“Andrà tutto bene” accompanied by the symbol 🌈 is a slogan launched by Italian children to face this difficult moment that Italy is going through.We are all locked up at home, in quarantine, we cannot talk to people so outside the windows we put banners to send positive messages pic.twitter.com/nlyftHT7W0
— Ariel🌺 (@arieldivit) March 13, 2020
People sing, dance and play music in Sicily (Italy).
Singing “Ciuri Ciuri”, probably the most famous Sicilian song, from their balconies, is a way to lift spirits amid the #coronavirus quarantine.
Andrà tutto bene. Everything will be all right pic.twitter.com/Rwfo2iw2bm
— Massimo Ragnedda (@massimoragnedda) March 14, 2020
During Italy’s quarantine, Italian tenor Maurizio Marchini found a way to spread a little joy amid the Coronavirus lockdown in Florence. So from his balcony he serenaded the city with Nessun Dorma.pic.twitter.com/NAluu01Ms5
— WWFP (@WorldwideFP) March 14, 2020
LOVE WINS OVER EVERYTHING.🇮🇹THIS IS MY COUNTRY: THE LAND THAT DOES NOT SURRENDER. THE LAND OF JOY AND SPIRIT OF ADAPTATION.🇮🇹 #andratuttobene #everythingisgonnabealright#italiaamoremio #Covid_19 #lockdown #insiemecelafaremo #StateACasa #StayHome #quarantena #wereinthistogether pic.twitter.com/xePMDb5F7K
— 🇰🇷🇺🇸موسيقى🇮🇹🇯🇵 (@93papilioneM7) March 14, 2020
Meanwhile a war between who sing it better🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That was awesome #andratuttobene #iostoacasa #COVIDー19 #coronapocalypse #CoronaVirusUpdates #COVID19 #Italy #covid_19italia #litaliano #totocutugno pic.twitter.com/P1GzDYWMTz— Jhoya Miyu (@JhoyaMiyu) March 14, 2020
Siena. Słowa są zbyteczne…#andratuttobene#ForzaItaliani https://t.co/oEsCTZ90vh
— M.Farsetti🇮🇹🇵🇱 (@FarsettiM) March 14, 2020
“Put your hands up, because together we’ll get through this. If we stay at home we’ll get through this” I love this country🇮🇹#COVIDー19#coronavirus#Italia#andratuttobenepic.twitter.com/2ZrB3DCyfy
— alessia (@grandestalent) March 14, 2020
Source: AFP
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