Where: Rio de Janeiro is a horde of a 31st Olympiad and it is a initial South American city to ever horde a Olympics. Rio is Brazil’s second biggest city, by race size, with over 6.3 million people within a city.
Who is Competing: A record 206 countries and some-more than 10,000 athletes will contest during 32 opposite venues in Rio, separate in 4 categorical locations. In addition, football matches will be played in stadiums in Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Manaus, Salvador and Sao Paulo.
Schedule:
The Olympics strictly start with a opening rite on Friday, Aug 5th, during Maracanã Stadium. But some events will indeed start Aug 3rd, with women’s football starting that day, followed by men’s football on Aug 4th.
The Games continue by Sunday, Aug 21.
Opening Ceremony:
The opening rite will take place during Maracanã Stadium and will start during 8:00PM (Brazil Time, 7:00PM EST). Those examination in a United States will see an edited promote of a rite on a one-hour delay, as per NBC, citing a enterprise to yield “context” for a viewers forward of time.
On 15 Jul 2016, it was announced that Anitta, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil would perform during a opening ceremony. Gil and Veloso had also participated as artistic advisors for a ceremony. Their impasse is meant to simulate a “best” in Brazilian music. Brazilian indication Gisele Bündchen will take partial in a opening rite as well.
The Olympic cauldron will be illuminated inside a Maracanã. The Rio Organizing Committee devise to pierce a Olympic cauldron to a open plcae nearby Porto Maravilha following a opening ceremony, many expected nearby a Candelária Church. Mayor of Rio Eduardo Paes wants a cauldron to be placed closer to a “heart” of a port, that had been revitalized as a bequest plan for a Games.
While not nonetheless strictly announced, many design a good football actor Pele to light a cauldron.
About Brazil Tourism:
With a fantastic beaches, sensuous sleet forests, abounding culture, outlandish cuisine and sparkling nightlife, Brazil is one of a many constrained destinations to revisit today. With a beautiful, pleasant climate, Brazil is an simply accessible, outlandish get-away for couples, families and business travelers.
Brazil Tourism has dual websites accessible for some-more information:
www.rio2016.com
www.brasil2016.gov.br
