Quarantine (Life and Culture)

The Pandemic’s Silver Lining? This Village May Have Been Saved by It.

by BistoshWorld | Mar 8, 2021 | Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Gosol, Spain, NY Times, Picasso, Pablo, Population, Pyrenees Mountains, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Spain | 0 |

GÓSOL, Spain — The castle that crowns the hill above the village of Gósol used to be among the...

Underage Marriage Set to Rise as Covid-19 Crushes Dreams

by BistoshWorld | Mar 8, 2021 | Birth Control and Family Planning, Child Marriages, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Nepal, NY Times, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Teenage Pregnancy, Third World and Developing Countries, Women and Girls, Youth | 0 |

RAPTI SONARI, Nepal — Sapana dreamed of becoming a government official. Each night, in her hut...

How to Pretend You’re in the Riviera Maya, Mexico, Today

by BistoshWorld | Mar 2, 2021 | Archaeology and Anthropology, Books and Literature, Cooking and Cookbooks, Culture (Arts), Historic Buildings and Sites, Indigenous People, Mayans, Music, Myths and Mythical Creatures, NY Times, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Riviera Maya (Mexico), Sinkholes, Travel and Vacations, World Heritage Sites | 0 |

While your travel plans may be on hold, you can pretend you’re somewhere new for the night. Around...

Rapper’s Arrest Awakens Rage in Spanish Youth Chafing in Pandemic

by BistoshWorld | Feb 27, 2021 | Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Hasel, Pablo (1988- ), Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, Labor and Jobs, NY Times, Politics and Government, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Rap and Hip-Hop, Youth | 0 |

BARCELONA — It had all the markings of a free speech showdown: Pablo Hasél, a controversial...

Canadians Try to Solve the Enigma of Hard Butter

by BistoshWorld | Feb 25, 2021 | Butter, Cooking and Cookbooks, Dairy Products, NY Times, Quarantine (Life and Culture) | 0 |

After she posted her theory on social media and wrote about it in The Globe and Mail, a leading...

Travel Quarantines: Enduring the Mundane, One Day at a Time

by BistoshWorld | Feb 24, 2021 | Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Hotels and Travel Lodgings, NY Times, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Quarantines, Travel and Vacations | 0 |

May Samali knew she’d reached her limit when she saw a tentacle emerging from her hotel dinner in...

Where a Vaccination Campaign Faces Skepticism, War and Corruption

by BistoshWorld | Feb 23, 2021 | Afghanistan, Clinical Trials, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Corruption (Institutional), India, NY Times, Poverty, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Taliban, Vaccination and Immunization, World Health Organization | 0 |

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan, whose citizens have largely brushed aside the coronavirus...

Giving Hope, and a Place to Mourn: Memorials to the Pandemic

by BistoshWorld | Feb 22, 2021 | Codogno (Italy), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Deller, Jeremy, Funerals and Memorials, Great Britain, Italy, Monuments and Memorials (Structures), NY Times, Quarantine (Life and Culture) | 0 |

The Codogno memorial is not the first in Lombardy, one of the Italian regions first affected by...

In Dense, Urban Japan, Flowers Bring Beauty and Solace

by BistoshWorld | Feb 20, 2021 | Flowers and Plants, Gardens and Gardening, Japan, NY Times, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Seasons and Months, Tokyo (Japan), Trees and Shrubs | 0 |

Not long after we moved to Japan, I came to appreciate the public obsession with flowers.During...

Von Trapped: The Family Is Stuck Inside, So Why Not Sing Parodies?

by BistoshWorld | Feb 19, 2021 | England, Music, NY Times, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Quarantines, Vaccination and Immunization, YouTube.com | 0 |

LONDON — The family of six is lined up in front of microphones, ready to perform. The stage: their...

Don Letts, Mad Professor Team With Times on Carnival Story

by BistoshWorld | Feb 19, 2021 | Carnival (Pre-Lenten), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Mad Professor (Neil Fraser), Music, NY Times, Parades, Quarantine (Life and Culture) | 0 |

He also has been a regular at the Notting Hill Carnival for over 40 years. In 2009, he directed a...

The Year People Needed Carnival the Most, It Was Canceled

by BistoshWorld | Feb 19, 2021 | Black People, Carnival (Pre-Lenten), Festivals, London (England), NY Times, Ora, Rita, Quarantine (Life and Culture) | 0 |

Loyal enthusiasts on what they missed in a year they needed Carnival the most.Booming music....

Category: Quarantine (Life and Culture)

The Pandemic’s Silver Lining? This Village May Have Been Saved by It.

Underage Marriage Set to Rise as Covid-19 Crushes Dreams

How to Pretend You’re in the Riviera Maya, Mexico, Today

Rapper’s Arrest Awakens Rage in Spanish Youth Chafing in Pandemic

Canadians Try to Solve the Enigma of Hard Butter

Travel Quarantines: Enduring the Mundane, One Day at a Time

Where a Vaccination Campaign Faces Skepticism, War and Corruption

Giving Hope, and a Place to Mourn: Memorials to the Pandemic

In Dense, Urban Japan, Flowers Bring Beauty and Solace

Von Trapped: The Family Is Stuck Inside, So Why Not Sing Parodies?

Don Letts, Mad Professor Team With Times on Carnival Story

The Year People Needed Carnival the Most, It Was Canceled

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