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#video #Japan
Good thing January is over. It’s commonly considered the most depressing month of the year. But for many Japanese students, stress is permanent.
For example, Ryoji Tani was constantly bullied at school and pressured at home. ‘I was raised in an environment where my personality didn’t exist; it was missing’, he says. As a result, Ryoji suffered from a nervous tic and constant stress until he decided not to go to school anymore one day.
In Japan, there is even a term for children who refuse to go to school - futoko. But quitting school had a long-term consequence for Ryoji. He withdrew from society and shut himself away in his room for eight years. Social recluses like Ryoji are known as hikikomori.
Learn more stories of Japanese hikikomori in our documentary here.
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Good thing January is over. It’s commonly considered the most depressing month of the year. But for many Japanese students, stress is permanent.
For example, Ryoji Tani was constantly bullied at school and pressured at home. ‘I was raised in an environment where my personality didn’t exist; it was missing’, he says. As a result, Ryoji suffered from a nervous tic and constant stress until he decided not to go to school anymore one day.
In Japan, there is even a term for children who refuse to go to school - futoko. But quitting school had a long-term consequence for Ryoji. He withdrew from society and shut himself away in his room for eight years. Social recluses like Ryoji are known as hikikomori.
Learn more stories of Japanese hikikomori in our documentary here.
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#video #China
Liu Heng is a talented Chinese percussionist who can make any object sound like a musical instrument. Besides experimenting with sounds and composition, Liu Heng is the principal percussionist in Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, the largest theatre in Asia.
Young Chinese artists talk about their works in the new episode of, This is China.
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Liu Heng is a talented Chinese percussionist who can make any object sound like a musical instrument. Besides experimenting with sounds and composition, Liu Heng is the principal percussionist in Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, the largest theatre in Asia.
Young Chinese artists talk about their works in the new episode of, This is China.
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AristoCats of the Hermitage 🐈
#video #Russia
Did you know that one of the world’s largest and most prestigious museums, the Hermitage, has a ‘cat house’? About 65 cats live in the Winter Palace basement, the former Russian Tsars’ official residence and the Hermitage Museum.
The furry museum workers are on mice-catching duty. They’ve been keeping over three million artworks, including Rembrandt, Michelangelo and Van Gogh, safe from mice.
The museum first opened its doors to the public on this day in 1852. Have you ever been to the Hermitage? If not, watch our documentary, Secret Hermitage Helpers.
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#video #Russia
Did you know that one of the world’s largest and most prestigious museums, the Hermitage, has a ‘cat house’? About 65 cats live in the Winter Palace basement, the former Russian Tsars’ official residence and the Hermitage Museum.
The furry museum workers are on mice-catching duty. They’ve been keeping over three million artworks, including Rembrandt, Michelangelo and Van Gogh, safe from mice.
The museum first opened its doors to the public on this day in 1852. Have you ever been to the Hermitage? If not, watch our documentary, Secret Hermitage Helpers.
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The Dyatlov Pass incident is still unsolved
#video #USSR
On February 1-2, 1959, a group of Soviet hikers died mysteriously in the remote Ural mountains. Their frozen bodies were found scattered hundreds of metres away from their tents. Undressed, their bodies had broken ribs, fractured skulls, burns and scratches.
An investigation concluded the group led by Igor Dyatlov was killed by an ‘overwhelming force’, driving some incredible theories. In 2020, the Prosecutor’s Office said an avalanche led to the deaths. Still, many remain sceptical.
Check out this video for more details about one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
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#video #USSR
On February 1-2, 1959, a group of Soviet hikers died mysteriously in the remote Ural mountains. Their frozen bodies were found scattered hundreds of metres away from their tents. Undressed, their bodies had broken ribs, fractured skulls, burns and scratches.
An investigation concluded the group led by Igor Dyatlov was killed by an ‘overwhelming force’, driving some incredible theories. In 2020, the Prosecutor’s Office said an avalanche led to the deaths. Still, many remain sceptical.
Check out this video for more details about one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
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This week is going to rock!! Or is it going to be nice and slow? You decide 😉
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Baikal Babushka
#video #Russia
Lyubov is a true Siberian. She lives alone on Olkhon Island, taking care of her cattle. Lyubov gets water from an ice hole and skates on her rusty ice skates. She prefers her old-fashioned blades attached to valenki to modern ones.
Lyubov lives up to her last name, which translates as ‘walking on the sea’. Watch her uplifting story in our documentary, Baikal Babushka.
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#video #Russia
Lyubov is a true Siberian. She lives alone on Olkhon Island, taking care of her cattle. Lyubov gets water from an ice hole and skates on her rusty ice skates. She prefers her old-fashioned blades attached to valenki to modern ones.
Lyubov lives up to her last name, which translates as ‘walking on the sea’. Watch her uplifting story in our documentary, Baikal Babushka.
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Syrian Tango 💃
#video #Syria
Is there something you’d like to do, but something is holding you back? Rawnak from Latakia dares to dance despite conservative attitudes in Syrian society. Even though many frown upon their activities, she and her dance group organise flash mobs on the city streets. But Rawnak insists they have to do what they like.
This piece is from our documentary, Syrian Tango, about artists reviving the artistic scene in Syria.
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#video #Syria
Is there something you’d like to do, but something is holding you back? Rawnak from Latakia dares to dance despite conservative attitudes in Syrian society. Even though many frown upon their activities, she and her dance group organise flash mobs on the city streets. But Rawnak insists they have to do what they like.
This piece is from our documentary, Syrian Tango, about artists reviving the artistic scene in Syria.
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Smallpox epidemic in Moscow
#epidemic #moscow #smallpox
In 1960, Moscow could have been wiped out by a major smallpox epidemic. The virus was brought by Aleksey Kokorekin, a Soviet artist. He visited India, a country known for an unstable epidemic situation, and took home the carpet belonging to the deceased Brahmin as a souvenir. When he felt sick a few days after arriving home, neither he nor the doctors suspected smallpox. A hospital receptionist was just laughed at for suggesting it. Kokorekin got worse and died a few days later.
When other patients at the hospital started having the same symptoms, doctors revisited the smallpox idea only to realise the receptionist was right. They managed to prevent a national tragedy and defeat the virus in just six weeks.
Today, such a tragedy is not going to happen. The smallpox virus had been uprooted from the planet in 1980 during a massive smallpox eradication initiative by doctors worldwide.
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#epidemic #moscow #smallpox
In 1960, Moscow could have been wiped out by a major smallpox epidemic. The virus was brought by Aleksey Kokorekin, a Soviet artist. He visited India, a country known for an unstable epidemic situation, and took home the carpet belonging to the deceased Brahmin as a souvenir. When he felt sick a few days after arriving home, neither he nor the doctors suspected smallpox. A hospital receptionist was just laughed at for suggesting it. Kokorekin got worse and died a few days later.
When other patients at the hospital started having the same symptoms, doctors revisited the smallpox idea only to realise the receptionist was right. They managed to prevent a national tragedy and defeat the virus in just six weeks.
Today, such a tragedy is not going to happen. The smallpox virus had been uprooted from the planet in 1980 during a massive smallpox eradication initiative by doctors worldwide.
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Make farming great again 🚜
#video #China
Farming is cool! Rita Zhu shows an idyllic life in the Chinese countryside, growing edible flowers, crops and vegetables. She’s an installation artist who chose a farm as her canvas. Art, agriculture and food combined make Rita’s farm an attraction for Shanghai residents who want to reconnect with nature. There’s even a term in Chinese - xiangchou, which means ‘longing for the countryside’.
Visit Rita’s farm in the new episode of, This is China. Do you sometimes wish to live closer to nature? 🌿
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#video #China
Farming is cool! Rita Zhu shows an idyllic life in the Chinese countryside, growing edible flowers, crops and vegetables. She’s an installation artist who chose a farm as her canvas. Art, agriculture and food combined make Rita’s farm an attraction for Shanghai residents who want to reconnect with nature. There’s even a term in Chinese - xiangchou, which means ‘longing for the countryside’.
Visit Rita’s farm in the new episode of, This is China. Do you sometimes wish to live closer to nature? 🌿
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#photo #Bolivia
This is the Chambi family from Bolivia. Eric, his wife and children, work as saleros or salt gatherers. Eric rides his old pickup truck to get salt blocks. He’s been collecting them for three years to build a small hotel. After a few thousand salt blocks, Eric finally opened his business in December 2019.
Instead of a new start of not having to chop salt from the earth’s crust under the scorching sun, the Covid pandemic struck. Not a single tourist has stayed at Eric’s hotel since March 2020. Eric keeps coming to the salt flats to bring more salt blocks in his truck. Sometimes, his family keeps him company.
RT Documentary’s Pavel Baydikov and Artyom Vorobey are in Bolivia, shooting a new documentary about saleros. Stay tuned for the premiere and subscribe to our channel not to miss anything.
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This is the Chambi family from Bolivia. Eric, his wife and children, work as saleros or salt gatherers. Eric rides his old pickup truck to get salt blocks. He’s been collecting them for three years to build a small hotel. After a few thousand salt blocks, Eric finally opened his business in December 2019.
Instead of a new start of not having to chop salt from the earth’s crust under the scorching sun, the Covid pandemic struck. Not a single tourist has stayed at Eric’s hotel since March 2020. Eric keeps coming to the salt flats to bring more salt blocks in his truck. Sometimes, his family keeps him company.
RT Documentary’s Pavel Baydikov and Artyom Vorobey are in Bolivia, shooting a new documentary about saleros. Stay tuned for the premiere and subscribe to our channel not to miss anything.
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One of America’s most isolated communities is in danger
#video #USA
Tangier Island, Virginia, is so tiny it’s hard to spot it on a map. Located in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, it is home to less than 500 people. It’s among the most isolated communities in the US. Some say the residents have preserved the style of speech from the island’s earliest English settlers.
Generations of Tangier residents have earned their livelihood from catching fish, crab and oysters for nearly 250 years. Tangier Island is even considered the world capital of the soft shell crab.
However, their unique community is threatened by climate change and rising sea levels. With nine acres going underwater each year, Tangier Island is predicted to erode by 2050. Learn more about this unique community in our documentary.
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#video #USA
Tangier Island, Virginia, is so tiny it’s hard to spot it on a map. Located in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, it is home to less than 500 people. It’s among the most isolated communities in the US. Some say the residents have preserved the style of speech from the island’s earliest English settlers.
Generations of Tangier residents have earned their livelihood from catching fish, crab and oysters for nearly 250 years. Tangier Island is even considered the world capital of the soft shell crab.
However, their unique community is threatened by climate change and rising sea levels. With nine acres going underwater each year, Tangier Island is predicted to erode by 2050. Learn more about this unique community in our documentary.
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#video #Congo
The price Congolese workers have to pay for the rest of the world to enjoy smartphones — cobalt is essential for their production — is high. Miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the bulk of the world’s cobalt is found, are forced to extract and process the ore by hand, which causes serious health problems and environmental pollution.
Yet, none of the workers is ready to give up his job. Young Congolese men agree to this backbreaking work hoping to earn enough money for university. This way, they will have a slight chance of leaving this life and helping their families. Women who raise their children alone agree to work on cobalt processing though it might ruin their health. What’s more, the idea of closing the cobalt deposit site gives them shivers because they see no other way of earning a living.
We have already announced the upcoming premiere of our new documentary Cobalt Hell, and it’s finally arrived — tune for the premiere right now!
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The price Congolese workers have to pay for the rest of the world to enjoy smartphones — cobalt is essential for their production — is high. Miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the bulk of the world’s cobalt is found, are forced to extract and process the ore by hand, which causes serious health problems and environmental pollution.
Yet, none of the workers is ready to give up his job. Young Congolese men agree to this backbreaking work hoping to earn enough money for university. This way, they will have a slight chance of leaving this life and helping their families. Women who raise their children alone agree to work on cobalt processing though it might ruin their health. What’s more, the idea of closing the cobalt deposit site gives them shivers because they see no other way of earning a living.
We have already announced the upcoming premiere of our new documentary Cobalt Hell, and it’s finally arrived — tune for the premiere right now!
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#photo #Ethiopia
The civil war in Ethiopia has lasted for over a year. The government forces of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed are fighting the Tigray People’s Liberation Front or TPLF in the north region of Tigray. The fighting has left thousands dead and forced more than two million people from their homes. In 2019, Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for making peace with Eritrea.
These photographs were sent to us from fighting 90km from the town of Lalibela.
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The civil war in Ethiopia has lasted for over a year. The government forces of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed are fighting the Tigray People’s Liberation Front or TPLF in the north region of Tigray. The fighting has left thousands dead and forced more than two million people from their homes. In 2019, Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for making peace with Eritrea.
These photographs were sent to us from fighting 90km from the town of Lalibela.
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The coldest place on Earth
#video #Russia
What does it feel like to live in the coldest place on Earth? RT’s Konstantin Rozhkov decided to test it for himself and journeyed to Oymyakon, where temperatures can drop to minus 50 degrees Celsius or minus 58 Fahrenheit.
When it’s that cold, things don't work like we are used to. But people who have lived here all their lives have no problem with it. They go ice-swimming when it's minus 50 degrees Celsius, and they come up with intelligent ways to keep their gadgets and cars up and running in these extreme temperatures, and their kids have fun on playgrounds. Also, there is no need to refrigerate food since they live in a giant freezer. This is why people eat raw meat and fish because all infections die out at such temperatures.
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#video #Russia
What does it feel like to live in the coldest place on Earth? RT’s Konstantin Rozhkov decided to test it for himself and journeyed to Oymyakon, where temperatures can drop to minus 50 degrees Celsius or minus 58 Fahrenheit.
When it’s that cold, things don't work like we are used to. But people who have lived here all their lives have no problem with it. They go ice-swimming when it's minus 50 degrees Celsius, and they come up with intelligent ways to keep their gadgets and cars up and running in these extreme temperatures, and their kids have fun on playgrounds. Also, there is no need to refrigerate food since they live in a giant freezer. This is why people eat raw meat and fish because all infections die out at such temperatures.
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#video #India
Ravi from India was head over heels in love with Uma. They married, but her relatives weren’t happy. Ravi and Uma are from different castes. The couple received threats, and Uma’s uncles came to their house one day. They beat the star-crossed lovers and took her away.
This week marked the most romantic holiday. While in most countries, people marry for love, most Indians still have arranged marriages. Find out more about love in India in our documentary, Love Commandos.
Arranged marriage vs love marriage - which one do you think is better? ♥️
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Ravi from India was head over heels in love with Uma. They married, but her relatives weren’t happy. Ravi and Uma are from different castes. The couple received threats, and Uma’s uncles came to their house one day. They beat the star-crossed lovers and took her away.
This week marked the most romantic holiday. While in most countries, people marry for love, most Indians still have arranged marriages. Find out more about love in India in our documentary, Love Commandos.
Arranged marriage vs love marriage - which one do you think is better? ♥️
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#video #Japan
Japan is listed as the loneliest country in an OECD survey. There are nearly six million elderly one-person households, according to 2015 census data. Murata-san is elderly and who lost connection with his family. Volunteers regularly check on him.
The country’s ageing and single population have given rise to kodokushi, or lonely deaths. As a result, more and more people die alone and unnoticed in their apartments, spurring a kodokushi cleaning business.
For more check, the documentary, Dying Alone.
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Japan is listed as the loneliest country in an OECD survey. There are nearly six million elderly one-person households, according to 2015 census data. Murata-san is elderly and who lost connection with his family. Volunteers regularly check on him.
The country’s ageing and single population have given rise to kodokushi, or lonely deaths. As a result, more and more people die alone and unnoticed in their apartments, spurring a kodokushi cleaning business.
For more check, the documentary, Dying Alone.
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