Nepal in Rio Olympic Opening Ceremony

With firecrackers shaping "Rio" in the sky, entertainers decked in silver and sweet, sultry music, Rio de Janiero is respecting the world to the main Olympic Games in South America with a message: Let's care more for our planet. After one of the roughest-ever rides from vote to amusements by an Olympic host, the city of shorelines, festival, granulating neediness and sun-kissed riches commenced the diversions of the 31st Olympiad with a three-hour function that observed Brazil's can-do soul, biodiversity and its indigenous individuals. It will follow its history from forested area, through colonization by Portugal, and into a country of amazing assorted qualities and differentiations.


Prior to the appear, in a video telecast inside the 78,000-seat Maracana Stadium, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the recreations "commend the best of humankind" and bid for an Olympic ceasefire, approaching "all warring pries to set out their weapons" amid the two weeks of brandishing accomplishment.