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Coronavirus: German terraced houses sing for Italy - emotional video goes viral

2020-03-18T21:01:23.390Z


The corona virus currently dominates the lives of many people. The negative news is piling up. But in times of crisis there is obviously humanity and solidarity, as a video shows.


The corona virus currently dominates the lives of many people. The negative news is piling up. But in times of crisis there is obviously humanity and solidarity, as a video shows.

  • The corona virus * has a firm grip on Europe
  • Italy is particularly affected
  • In Bamberg , residents now showed solidarity with the people of Italy with a video.

Bamberg - There are more and more cases of the novel corona virus * across Europe. Italy is particularly affected. The number of infected and dead there is increasing rapidly every day. People have been under curfew for more than a week and are only allowed to leave the house if absolutely necessary. In other words, Italy, more than many other European countries, is in a state of emergency.

But the residents know how to overcome the loneliness and boredom of the quarantine . As a video on Twitter shows, some simply make music and sing together on their balconies.

Corona crisis: Bamberg show solidarity - they sing with Italy

Music is not only made in Italy. In Germany, the residents of a row house settlement in Bamberg showed solidarity with the people in Italy. They wanted to give them courage. "It was a very spontaneous idea among neighbors," said the initiator of the dpa campaign. "I find it totally surprising how much it touches people."

Because now the video on YouTube has over 300,000 views (as of March 18). Under the clip, the creators write: We “chose this wonderful Italian idea to cheer up songs across the street. May solidarity grow and the virus shrink! "

Coronavirus: Bamberg terraced housing estate sings “Bella Ciao” ​​for Italy

The video begins with a speech by a resident. In Italian he tells how touched he was by the pictures from Italy.

Out of solidarity, the decision was made to play “the song of freedom by excellence”, reports the dpa - the song “Bella Ciao”. The speaker closes with the invitation to his neighbors: "So, let's sing!" And sits down at the keyboard.

Corona crisis: the whole street sings along

The people in the row of houses sit on the canopies of their houses or sing along from the windows. They hold song sheets in their hands, sit on their instruments or even drum on garbage cans. Parents, seniors, children and teenagers. The whole street has gathered.

"Bella Ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao," they sing to cheer up the Italians in the Corona crisis . A little girl holds up an Italian flag, "Bamberg greets Vahrn", it says - Vahrn is a city in South Tyrol.

The message arrives. Below the video there are numerous thank you messages for this warm message.

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* merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

List of rubric lists: © dpa / Claudio Furlan

Source: merkur

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