Gold Coast (Australia) | 4 April 2018:
Commonwealth Games 2018 opening ceremony kicked off in spectacular style on Wednesday at the Carrara Stadium on Australia's Gold Coast in the presence of Britain's Prince Charles and wife Camilla along with other guest.
It was an opening with a flurry of sand, showers and bikinis, all about history, reconciliation and orthodonties. It was an unforgettable once in a lifetime experience for those who braved steady rain and public transport in patience and resilience to reach the stadium. For others, seated in lounge-chairs at home to any corner of the world it was a portent of what to expect in coming days, until April 15 when the 21st edition of the Old Empire Games will come to an end.
Welcoming more than 4,000 athletes from 71 countries to an audience of 1.5 billion the Gold Coast showcased the oldest living culture on Earth, the culture which began some 65,000 years ago. It was the celebration of ancestry and native traditions amid the central theme of Australia's aboriginal heritage.
Lasted little more than two hours under dizzling skies, Prince Charles declared the Games open saying, "It is fitting that the Commonwealth Games is known as 'The Friendly Games' as one of the world's friendliest countries has invited us into their homes for this momentous sporting event."
The opening ceremony was directed by the same person who worked on the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2004 Athens Olympic Games, GC2018 Project and Artistic Director David Zolkwer.
References
Source 1: At last, Indigenous culture comes first as Commonwealth Games opens in style
Source 2: Commonwealth Games: Thousands waiting for buses to get into opening ceremony
Author Twinkle Brar
Commonwealth Games 2018 opening ceremony kicked off in spectacular style on Wednesday at the Carrara Stadium on Australia's Gold Coast in the presence of Britain's Prince Charles and wife Camilla along with other guest.
It was an opening with a flurry of sand, showers and bikinis, all about history, reconciliation and orthodonties. It was an unforgettable once in a lifetime experience for those who braved steady rain and public transport in patience and resilience to reach the stadium. For others, seated in lounge-chairs at home to any corner of the world it was a portent of what to expect in coming days, until April 15 when the 21st edition of the Old Empire Games will come to an end.
Welcoming more than 4,000 athletes from 71 countries to an audience of 1.5 billion the Gold Coast showcased the oldest living culture on Earth, the culture which began some 65,000 years ago. It was the celebration of ancestry and native traditions amid the central theme of Australia's aboriginal heritage.
Lasted little more than two hours under dizzling skies, Prince Charles declared the Games open saying, "It is fitting that the Commonwealth Games is known as 'The Friendly Games' as one of the world's friendliest countries has invited us into their homes for this momentous sporting event."
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The opening ceremony was directed by the same person who worked on the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2004 Athens Olympic Games, GC2018 Project and Artistic Director David Zolkwer.
References
Source 1: At last, Indigenous culture comes first as Commonwealth Games opens in style
Source 2: Commonwealth Games: Thousands waiting for buses to get into opening ceremony
Fact Factory
- The original name, British Empire Games, illustrates clearly where it all began and what it started out as. The first Empire Games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada. Notwithstanding the intervening war years, they quickly grew to become the single tangible symbol of the British Commonwealth, that extremely diverse collection of nations with past, and generally still current, links to the 19th century’s superpower. [know more]
- Zimbabwe joined the Commonwealth immediately after independence on April 1980. The climate of reconciliation which President Robert Mugabe encouraged between blacks and whites in the early days of his country’s independence, made Zimbabwe a pivot of Commonwealth diplomacy in race-divided Southern Africa. [know more]
Author Twinkle Brar
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