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Unfazed by virus, Parisians throw off their masks for mid-summer music festival
Issued on: 22/06/2020 - 16:26Modified: 22/06/2020 - 16:26
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NEWS WIRES
Social distancing and face masks were largely forgotten as thousands of French people danced and partied well into Monday in the first big blow out since the coronavirus lockdown.
The annual midsummer Festival of Music usually brings millions of people out onto the streets across the country for impromptu concerts in cafes and on street corners that go on long into the night.
And despite emergency measures that ban gatherings of more than 10 people, thousands thronged the trendy Canal Saint Martin and the Marais districts of Paris late Sunday to dance and sing along to bands and DJs.
Not even heavy showers could dampen spirits, with few beyond those serving spicey merguez sausages from street stalls bothering to wear masks.
“The Festival of Music is important, it's a national event,” 28-year-old reveller Violette told AFP as she boogied to a band in northern Paris.
And she laughed at the idea that people would be strictly respecting social distancing.
“Not at all,” she said...
Unfazed by virus, Parisians throw off their masks for mid-summer music festival
Issued on: 22/06/2020 - 16:26Modified: 22/06/2020 - 16:26
Text by:
NEWS WIRES
Social distancing and face masks were largely forgotten as thousands of French people danced and partied well into Monday in the first big blow out since the coronavirus lockdown.
The annual midsummer Festival of Music usually brings millions of people out onto the streets across the country for impromptu concerts in cafes and on street corners that go on long into the night.
And despite emergency measures that ban gatherings of more than 10 people, thousands thronged the trendy Canal Saint Martin and the Marais districts of Paris late Sunday to dance and sing along to bands and DJs.
Not even heavy showers could dampen spirits, with few beyond those serving spicey merguez sausages from street stalls bothering to wear masks.
“The Festival of Music is important, it's a national event,” 28-year-old reveller Violette told AFP as she boogied to a band in northern Paris.
And she laughed at the idea that people would be strictly respecting social distancing.
“Not at all,” she said...