Leonese culture continues without a vaccine against Covid

The pandemic marks the Leonese culture of 2021. For yet another year the virus has been the protagonist in cultural events.

A virus that has been present throughout the year, increasing and decreasing its intensity, the year ends as it began: suspending events.

The only cultural joy that 2021 has had comes from literature. “His mastery and excellence in the creation of fantastic literature in the narrative modalities of novels, short novels, short stories and short stories”, as well as “the intelligence of his theoretical reflections on fiction” earned José María Merino to win the award National of Letters.

Less public

The Leonese public slows down their attendance at events and ticket sales are reduced to kittens. The world of music is the worst hit sector. The cancellation of festivals for the second year such as El Planeta Sound in Ponferrada or the Hallowindie in the Leonese capital joins that of great concerts such as the one in Zahara that looks to 2022 to be held.

The restrictions that in most of the year forced to see the seated concerts have been able to with the illusion of the people to see live music again and the programmers in 2021 have not worked out the accounts again.

With a higher expense derived from the installation of the entire covid protocol and less income due to the decrease in capacity, the direct ones are being restricted. Similar figures throughout Spain, which has also led Leonese groups to considerably reduce their number of bowling.

theater

A problem that the theater has also had, although in a lighter way. Even so, the number of works that have been represented in the Leonese capital is very far from the years prior to the pandemic.

A crisis that has also reached movie theaters. The people of León prefer visual platforms that allow them to enjoy premieres from home to approaching movie theaters, registering these losses of up to 75%.

A sector that suffers

León loses culture for another year and the institutional support is not enough to alleviate the losses of a sector on which many people from León depend, who are already finding the paved road that they have been forced to walk along because of the pandemic.

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