2021-07-23T13:24:13.88574
A minute of silence at the Tokyo stadium – in memory of all those who have recently passed away, especially due to COVID-19.
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2021-07-23T13:25:39.701516
On the record – a group of people in traditional Japanese costumes. We see the construction of something like a carpentry “workshop”.
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2021-07-23T13:26:51.525919
This is, of course, an introduction to the next show – this time more musical and acrobatic.
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2021-07-23T13:28:44.842724
Before us – a short tap dance show. The man taps the rhythm with his heels, while the rest of the performers still perform in the center of the stadium.
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2021-07-23T13:29:47.098465
Platforms with lanterns appear in view – each of them is decorated with the logo of the XXXII Summer Olympic Games.
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2021-07-23T13:32:12.183173
Spectators – of whom there are less than a thousand in the great stadium – see the three great hoops that are now joined together. In a moment we will probably see the symbol of the Olympics – the Olympic rings – in all its glory.
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2021-07-23T13:33:42.14335
The Olympic rings are wooden – made of trees that were planted in 1964 on the occasion of the Olympic Games held for the first time in Tokyo.
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2021-07-23T13:37:58.524204
We watched the video of the professor’s short speech Muhammad Yunus, who previously won the Golden Olympic Laurel for his public activities. Yunus has dropped out of the opening ceremony due to COVID-19.
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2021-07-23T13:39:14.619853
We are starting a traditional parade of athletes
At the beginning – also traditionally – Greece, the first host of the modern Olympic Games.
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2021-07-23T13:39:37.315093
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2021-07-23T13:40:24.709191
Right behind the Greeks – a refugee team, under the Olympic flag. This is the second appearance of the refugee team at the Olympics.
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2021-07-23T13:41:28.374562
As the third … Iceland. This is because the representations appear alphabetically on the pitch but in Japanese spelling. So after the Icelanders, we saw representatives of Ireland.
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2021-07-23T13:43:20.612453
Some national teams have decided that only certain athletes will represent them at the ceremony – this is of course a pandemic issue.
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2021-07-23T13:45:12.654018
The Argentinians have distinguished themselves a bit, they move up and down the stadium together.
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2021-07-23T13:47:29.596659
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2021-07-23T13:52:14.056013
The refugee team performed for the first time at the Olympics in Rio (2016).
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2021-07-23T13:58:08.573091
More teams are slowly gathering at the stadium. Currently, the album is being entered by the British, albeit with a limited line-up.
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2021-07-23T14:00:36.185315
The boards carried in front of the representations – those with the names of the countries in question – are stylized as comic “speech bubbles” and are probably a reference to Japanese comic books – manga popular all over the world.
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2021-07-23T14:05:24.629711
The Angolan representatives were certainly among those who distinguished themselves with their costumes during the parade.
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2021-07-23T14:10:30.916605
The parade continues. Canadians enter the stadium clapping their hands – rhythmically and in sync.
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