{"id":2740,"date":"2020-03-16T20:24:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T23:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2020-03-16T20:40:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T23:40:44","slug":"after-italians-now-it-is-the-turn-of-quarantined-lebanese-neighbours-to-sing-dance-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/03\/16\/after-italians-now-it-is-the-turn-of-quarantined-lebanese-neighbours-to-sing-dance-together\/","title":{"rendered":"After Italians, now it is the turn of quarantined Lebanese neighbours to sing\/dance together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dance-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2742\" width=\"372\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dance-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dance-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dance-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dance-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dance-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 85vw, 372px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The first video is about a young woman who has recently returned from France. Her parents surprised her with a birthday cake and all their neighbours singing for her, as per this Irish newspaper\u2019s story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/newslens\/2020\/0316\/1123577-balcony-birthday-lebanon\/\">https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/newslens\/2020\/0316\/1123577-balcony-birthday-lebanon\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Balcony bash as neighbours sing happy birthday in Lebanon\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SebetdfV0BY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The second video shows neighbours dancing to a joyful song that makes Bambi think of the \u201cLebanese diaspora in Sackville\u201d (i.e., Moussa &amp; Latifeh) with their legendary birthdays&#8217; or Easter parties. Bambi looks forward to our next get-together with real hugs\/kisses (not just elbow shakes or foot shakes):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Quarantined Lebanese Sing and dance Together at Cornet Chehwan\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AW9wq0VHPxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic is making Bambi think of all the &#8220;Roof Beach&#8221; activities she used to do with her friends or cousins on the top roof of her building. Many other friends did that too (not just them!). They used to literally push the broken pieces of artillery shelling with their hands to put their towels and sunbath&#8230; Of course, if any sudden shelling would start, they would run the stairs in their bathing suits so fast, like real deer! Yes, these were the crazy yet fun times of growing up during civil war times :). Poor parents who had to put up with their teenage kids during those times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being said, Bambi hopes people will keep finding ways to entertain themselves whilst protecting their loved ones (especially the most vulnerable) as well as themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revolutions or not, pandemics or not, Lebanese people love to have fun&#8230; Bravo as this helps in times of economic adversity or just boredom. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first video is about a young woman who has recently returned from France. 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