The 4th of may of 2016, four days ago, the Olympic torch begun its journey to Rio de Janeiro. In Olympia, where every year takes place the starting ceremony of the olympics torch relay, there was the opening event in which an actress playing a hig priestess used the sun's rays and parabolic mirror to light the torch, and she also offered a mock prayer to Apollo, the God of light and music in the ancient Greece culture. While she was holding an olive branch, she lit the relay torch held by a Brazilian artistic gymnast.
The "journey" of the olympic torch will last six days, and it will travel around 329 cities around the world before ending at the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Rio on 5th August.
Brazil has to face difficult times, and the brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, faces impeachment. The crisis has paralysed the country's ability to revive its economy from recession. And there are more problems, for example, preparations for the Games have been had a lot of problems and a shortage of cash.
This is the 80th anniversary of the torch relay, the first one took place ahead of the 1936 Olympics inBerlin.
Source: www.ondemandnews.com
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