Highlights of the Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

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  • @jekizer
    @jekizer Před 8 lety +513

    As someone who works in IT, I appreciate the fact that the first thing they did after lighting the torch was create a backup.

    • @peristiloperis7789
      @peristiloperis7789 Před 7 lety +7

      LOL, COMPUTER ERA!

    • @DarkWater4Eva
      @DarkWater4Eva Před 7 lety +36

      As someone who knows mathematics it's cool to see them light the torch at the focus of the parabolic shaped reflector thing.

    • @ramrand9960
      @ramrand9960 Před 6 lety

      Lol 😂

    • @manifestgtr
      @manifestgtr Před 5 lety +8

      Redundancy and contingency make the world go round 🤙

    • @JontyLevine
      @JontyLevine Před 5 lety +11

      According to officials at the London Olympics, they don't like thinking of them as 'spares' or 'backups'. To them, "They're all the same flame."

  • @choirfandomcookingrantsand496

    those dresses are so pretty simple and elegant

    • @dummies3120
      @dummies3120 Před 4 lety +1

      Simple, elegant those are rags
      Yeah probably for you taste wrap yourself in a towel it's a gown

    • @pickacard4474
      @pickacard4474 Před 4 lety +17

      ancient greek clothing :)

    • @sheevpalpatine1105
      @sheevpalpatine1105 Před 3 lety +14

      @@dummies3120 beauty doesnt have to be pompous you cretin

  • @vertigopull
    @vertigopull Před 6 lety +213

    The greatest tradition of the ancient times has been passed down to the modern generation of our time! We should consider ourselves privileged! The Olympic Games not only promote the noble arts of sports but it also unifies the mankind around the idea of the universal sacred peace.

  • @therookpiece
    @therookpiece Před 7 lety +81

    I was at that very place yesterday. One of the most breathtaking experiences of my life.

  • @athenslarge
    @athenslarge Před 7 lety +109

    Ancient Olympia, Greece. Beautiful!!!

  • @thanasisnonis3762
    @thanasisnonis3762 Před 8 lety +202

    I'm proud to be Greek!

    • @georgiacannon9576
      @georgiacannon9576 Před 8 lety +8

      So do I born there close to Olympia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @kennaloukas3593
      @kennaloukas3593 Před 7 lety +4

      Thanasis Nonis Same!

    • @bernardcorboz6462
      @bernardcorboz6462 Před 6 lety +1

      You can, yes!

    • @yerimradzalova527
      @yerimradzalova527 Před 6 lety +2

      Im proud to have a greek ancestry :)

    • @ericlouclair2585
      @ericlouclair2585 Před 5 lety +7

      But you betrayed your ancestors’ culture and embraced the religion Christian which your ancestors get killed because they refuse to convert !
      It is shame! I respect Ancient greece and rome! But for the fake East Orthodox greece, it is a joke!

  • @patrioticsongs6351
    @patrioticsongs6351 Před 8 lety +55

    ugh. the Olympics are my favorite thing ever. I can't contain my excitement. it's too hard.

  • @kailengray2822
    @kailengray2822 Před 6 lety +35

    One of the most extra ceremony of the human culture and I love it.

  • @user-vp3rr1zl4v
    @user-vp3rr1zl4v Před 6 lety +51

    PROUD TO BE GREEK.
    PEACE ALL OVER THE HUMANITY.

  • @jp-alebovs5331
    @jp-alebovs5331 Před 4 lety +14

    Man I cant believe this was almost 4 years ago and we’re nearly a month to go for the lighting of the Olympic flame for the Tokyo 2020 games the Olympic Games are amazing can’t wait for Tokyo 2020

  • @EngPheniks
    @EngPheniks Před 3 lety +19

    I love the ancient Greek style costumes worn by the women

  • @PetraYlenius
    @PetraYlenius Před 8 lety +36

    This was so amazing that I had chills all the aay through the video😶

  • @AZWMKWofficialstarNinjaGeneral

    watched the olympics since 92 always wanted to light the flame cauldron that's been on my bucket list number 4

  • @Gossbert
    @Gossbert Před 4 lety +5

    Not just an ordinary fire, it's just natural

  • @jimmybutler7589
    @jimmybutler7589 Před 5 lety +2

    This is soooooooo beautiful! Well done all the way around, and the music is heavenly!

  • @azalea5560
    @azalea5560 Před 7 lety +15

    Beautiful ceremony

  • @jestoneflores2554
    @jestoneflores2554 Před 3 lety +8

    Home of philosophy and democracy
    Long live the GREECE !!!

  • @Manon-xt9ml
    @Manon-xt9ml Před 6 lety +7

    It's like the music from the hunger games

  • @Eline77R
    @Eline77R Před 8 lety +9

    This is really magnificent!

  • @cookiecat3358
    @cookiecat3358 Před 5 lety +1

    So visually pleasing❤❤

  • @nickjunes
    @nickjunes Před 8 lety +37

    I wish normal people could be included in these types of events.

    • @manifestgtr
      @manifestgtr Před 5 lety +8

      What fun is that? The olympics have always been a showcase of some of the best a country has to offer. Not only that but Greece is the motherland...so they’re the ones we all turn to for the “kickoff”. Of course they’re gonna get some classic beauties involved.

    • @ZOCCOK
      @ZOCCOK Před 3 lety

      @@manifestgtr smh

    • @stavrosnicolaou4702
      @stavrosnicolaou4702 Před 3 lety +2

      Nicolas Juntilla, everybody in the video looked normal to me. What abnormality did tou spot?

    • @nickjunes
      @nickjunes Před 3 lety +1

      @@stavrosnicolaou4702 They all look like clones. Does everyone in this country look exactly the same?

  • @jp-alebovs5331
    @jp-alebovs5331 Před 4 lety

    Just one more year to go for the lighting of the Olympic flame for TOKIO 2020 and I’m excited.

  • @mistyvioletconservative.3889

    Simply amazing..........💎

  • @RiodeJaneiro-2016
    @RiodeJaneiro-2016 Před 2 lety

    *A minha cidade da onde moro sendo Status de Celebridades no mundo todo que nos encheu de Orgulho eu assisti ao vivo essa cerimônia na época.*
    *2:44** A Tocha Olímpica do Rio 2016 foi acesa 👉🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*

  • @youtubecommenter37
    @youtubecommenter37 Před 2 lety +15

    Watching this, I get disgusted by obsessed we all have become with medals and world records and winning and the total medal count and which country is the best. It should just be about the fact that all the countries of the world have come together and that the athletes are simply taking part

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 Před 2 lety +2

      The Olympics, ancient and modern, is a competition. Yes, it's about bringing the world together but everyone is coming to compete. I also think there's real comraderie and sportsmanship among the athletes themselves, it's the individual country Olympic committee members, the IOC and leader's of certain countries that have become problems but that's what happens when a competition becomes a business with many millions of dollars involved.

  • @goldeneve
    @goldeneve Před 4 lety +1

    Next week…I can’t wait

  • @krixxset2214
    @krixxset2214 Před 5 lety +5

    Respect to Greece from Your Latin Brothers in Italy. Soon we shall come back to bring you back into the Imperium! The age of the Caesars shall return!!!!!!! ROMA INVICTA!

    • @Anonymous_UserOrNot
      @Anonymous_UserOrNot Před 4 lety +2

      Please don't. 😂

    • @stavrosnicolaou4702
      @stavrosnicolaou4702 Před 3 lety +3

      Please do come. We will educate you one more time and you can copy everything Greek yet again. You tried in 1940 and you know what happened to you

    • @pickacard4474
      @pickacard4474 Před 4 měsíci

      No thanks 😂 and we are not Latin we are Hellenes

  • @nikos8106
    @nikos8106 Před 6 lety +11

    Katerina Lechou 🔝

  • @user-ez5pl6ou6p
    @user-ez5pl6ou6p Před 5 lety +3

    Я тут сейчас стою

  • @A_Nobbit
    @A_Nobbit Před 8 lety +6

    ...and so it begins.
    Good luck fellow Brazilians.

  • @nazdizen8275
    @nazdizen8275 Před 2 lety +2

    Love Olympic's ❤️

  • @dziri80
    @dziri80 Před rokem +1

    So proud to be Mediterranean ✌ ☮ 🕊

  • @jimhernandez7712
    @jimhernandez7712 Před 7 lety +3

    How beautiful

  • @MilesDavis2012
    @MilesDavis2012 Před 2 lety +1

    Temple of Hera brought me here-amazing that she had a Temple here before Zeus! - + races were held in her honor every 4 years! Winners called Herae-possible etymology for hero / herald?

  • @JC-zm4jg
    @JC-zm4jg Před 2 lety

    That’s actually pretty cool!

  • @MichaelCobbs
    @MichaelCobbs Před 8 lety

    Amazing!

  • @wmz1900
    @wmz1900 Před rokem

    Bela cerimônia 🇧🇷🇬🇷

  • @user-qy9wx1vh4j
    @user-qy9wx1vh4j Před 4 lety

    looks freaking cool

  • @Alexander_Dr
    @Alexander_Dr Před 4 lety

    Very beautiful!

  • @iambobby3537
    @iambobby3537 Před 7 lety +13

    hoped wonder woman showed up/

  • @sisarabebe
    @sisarabebe Před 8 lety

    Respeito a chama da vida!!!

  • @famminak852
    @famminak852 Před 3 lety +2

    why am I crying watching this??? I am not that emotional. perhaps it just reminds me that we are all human and this represent unity that we should have had instead of war or fighting each other?? Anybody here can explain to me what's going on with my emotion right now..? appreciate it.

    • @stack-dhruv
      @stack-dhruv Před 2 lety +1

      Extremists are threat to our unity

  • @panthir6720
    @panthir6720 Před 6 lety +11

    When will it be back in greece?

    • @mikrologia7455
      @mikrologia7455 Před 4 lety +8

      Never. Because now it's all about money, politics and a show off.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před 4 lety

      There are no immediate plans for an Olympic Games in Greece in the future.

    • @firmeyfelizporlaunion.5426
      @firmeyfelizporlaunion.5426 Před 4 lety

      @@RaymondHng me gustaría que regrese a Grecia!
      I want come back again to Greece

  • @KC-rd3gw
    @KC-rd3gw Před 5 měsíci

    The costumes and acting felt like a star trek episode to me

  • @g.reaper7946
    @g.reaper7946 Před 3 lety +2

    Beautiful

  • @Juanit.a
    @Juanit.a Před 5 lety +3

    Χαίρε Ελλάδα🇬🇷

  • @rachaelsmith8764
    @rachaelsmith8764 Před rokem

    is there a video of the flame lighting ceremony for Torino

  • @juliabutler1507
    @juliabutler1507 Před 8 lety

    This is so cool!

  • @lopelorbes6297
    @lopelorbes6297 Před 2 lety

    What was the name of the thing that ignited the torch

  • @rachaelsmith8764
    @rachaelsmith8764 Před 3 lety

    Must be beautiful to witness

  • @TheTititio
    @TheTititio Před 9 měsíci

    O tanto de gente que tentou apagar o fogo não está escrito 😂😂

  • @jnslml14
    @jnslml14 Před 17 dny

    When will the Olympics be held in Greece?

  • @natasadream
    @natasadream Před 6 lety +8

    I am from Greece😋

  • @waiyeeng7712
    @waiyeeng7712 Před 7 lety +7

    wah got many pretty girls.
    Tall and strong

  • @julianeende931
    @julianeende931 Před 7 lety +2

    Frieden für alle Menschen!

  • @haroldmanuelito6935
    @haroldmanuelito6935 Před 5 lety

    I just like it... It's too much to explain...

  • @spiroschondrogiannis239
    @spiroschondrogiannis239 Před 5 lety +2

    Proud to be Greek!
    🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

  • @jonathanazcorra201
    @jonathanazcorra201 Před 8 lety +1

    Fui uno de los primeros en verlo❤️❤️😘💁🏻

  • @chr7ris
    @chr7ris Před 8 lety +1

    first time ever i see no dislikes..

  • @RaymondHng
    @RaymondHng Před 4 lety

    0:39 I don't think they had 20th century flutes back in the ancient Greek days.

  • @litamtondy
    @litamtondy Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks France for creating the modern Olympics!

  • @RakeshYadav-od1wi
    @RakeshYadav-od1wi Před 3 lety

    I m reading my Gk syllabus,sport ..then I decided to watch about HERA TEMPLE 🙏👍

  • @ValdirRiodeJaneiroS.Mundial

    *Nós do Rio de Janeiro demos sorte por ser acessa o fogo no côncavo direcionado ao Sol.*
    16 / 4 / 2024 •• 13h38mins.

  • @akashdhar9412
    @akashdhar9412 Před 2 lety

    0:37 Conchshell

  • @yolotoko2393
    @yolotoko2393 Před 2 lety

    I watched this thinking it was 2021 one lol 🤦‍♂️

  • @solmanshine12
    @solmanshine12 Před 3 lety

    Earlier flame was ignited through sun.

  • @albertowilliamalvesviana5162

    Hi, I am the provost

  • @blackwolf3806
    @blackwolf3806 Před 4 lety +2

    Greece 😍

  • @xipingpong667
    @xipingpong667 Před 2 lety

    It was pele who was supposed to light but he did not due to poor health

  • @chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320

    Sound like Lord of the Rings

  • @lilysing766
    @lilysing766 Před 4 lety +2

    ancient Olympia beautiful culture and beautiful girls are so different with beautiful Eastern culture and beautiful Asian girls.

  • @TonyBittner-Collins
    @TonyBittner-Collins Před 3 lety +1

    Why bother go all historical, but there's a modern flute being played instead of an aulos, pan flute or lyre?

    • @GamersOdyssey
      @GamersOdyssey Před 3 lety

      There is a lyre you just didnt see it in the video, also a modern flute does not take away anything from the ceremony.

  • @cosmonaut7181
    @cosmonaut7181 Před 4 lety +1

    hope there is no more war between human.

  • @user-ze8ep2on2o
    @user-ze8ep2on2o Před 5 lety

    GR GR GR!

  • @patriciamary3259
    @patriciamary3259 Před 5 lety

    What would have imagined if there wasn't any back up?😥 OMG

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před 4 lety

      Several miner lamps that lit with the same flame travel with the torch. There are actually four miner lamps that are lit when the torch relay gets on the plane. Also in the host country, several mini cauldrons are lit at the end of each day during the entire course of the torch relay. Everyone one of those flames are sourced from the first flame in Greece.

  • @jasminejohnston6393
    @jasminejohnston6393 Před 3 lety +1

    Athens has a baseball stadium that’s been left unused since the 2004 Olympics ended because Greeks don’t play baseball

  • @ermionistavrouli3940
    @ermionistavrouli3940 Před 6 lety +2

    Ancient Hellas

  • @krixxset2214
    @krixxset2214 Před 5 lety

    THE GRIX!!!!!!!!!

  • @MonCarlo
    @MonCarlo Před 7 lety +3

    what if the flame goes out?

    • @gntrtn
      @gntrtn Před 7 lety

      greece fails 😂

    • @alexanderip1003
      @alexanderip1003 Před 6 lety +1

      modern torches like this one have a fuel source inside

    • @Logiafruit
      @Logiafruit Před 5 lety

      The games are suspended

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před 4 lety +1

      Several miner lamps that lit with the same flame travel with the torch. There are actually four miner lamps that are lit when the torch relay gets on the plane. Also in the host country, several mini cauldrons are lit at the end of each day during the entire course of the torch relay. Everyone one of those flames are sourced from the first flame in Greece.

  • @AndreaCandido-tp4kk
    @AndreaCandido-tp4kk Před 11 dny

    ...my 1. given name for DaughTers
    Andrea 2nd name Luise

  • @kimnorberg9783
    @kimnorberg9783 Před 8 lety +3

    The torch burns to dark at the front... is that normal?

  • @swarthyjake4433
    @swarthyjake4433 Před 7 lety

    I tink de Trinidad hen tobagos is dooin jes fine in de olimpicx hooway fo de afleets

    • @yupitsmetv1196
      @yupitsmetv1196 Před 7 lety +2

      Not a single word of this comment is spelled correctly.

  • @dimitrisdim3995
    @dimitrisdim3995 Před 4 lety +2

    😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️🇬🇷

  • @tomasribeiro7304
    @tomasribeiro7304 Před 2 lety

    👌🏻

  • @alfianingratubun5154
    @alfianingratubun5154 Před 6 lety

    👏👏👏🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

  • @marlaz3605
    @marlaz3605 Před 8 lety +8

    🇬🇷 🇬🇷 🇬🇷

  • @paulac2206
    @paulac2206 Před 7 lety +1

    #rioready2016

  • @zano-sama9088
    @zano-sama9088 Před 6 lety +1

    Dark souls in a nutshell

  • @billbb
    @billbb Před 8 lety

    yeha

  • @nv_chino
    @nv_chino Před 7 měsíci

    💸

  • @amaturrahmaan964
    @amaturrahmaan964 Před 2 lety

    This is like worship! 😬

  • @chocobokoay3194
    @chocobokoay3194 Před 3 měsíci +1

    🔥🏹🔥.♎

  • @shoepm
    @shoepm Před 3 lety +1

    I wonder why is the womenfolks given privilege in almost all ceremonies across world
    In my culture too, it's so. Is it because men used to do everything behind the scenes since old times , and as a matter of giving them some work gave them some face to few easier work.
    Another may be since they give birth to new life that being equivalent to god capacity they are thought as more god like or may be their presence is taken as more auspicious but then we too had female infanticides.

  • @nilsds1368
    @nilsds1368 Před 3 lety

    lol
    lolol
    ol
    ol
    o
    lol
    ol
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    lo
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    o
    l

  • @anon8373
    @anon8373 Před 2 lety

    low budget

  • @SpirithunterBOMB
    @SpirithunterBOMB Před 4 lety +2

    If modern Greece was even just half as good as Ancient Greece. Unfortunate

    • @vasilikis3930
      @vasilikis3930 Před rokem +1

      This is difficult my friend.. Cause the "big powers" took us down and their trying a lot to do not rise again, they dont want peace for human kind... 1700 years hits us with everything they can

  • @vurt
    @vurt Před 8 lety +4

    pretty lame, guys

    • @tedmink7568
      @tedmink7568 Před 2 lety +2

      At least, Respect the country that gave you this tradition and you see lameness it reflects your knowledge on history.

    • @vasilikis3930
      @vasilikis3930 Před rokem +1

      You are from the beings that they dont desire peace, Not a human.. You'll soon learn

    • @ritapita1126
      @ritapita1126 Před 3 měsíci

      Dear philistine, it isn't a show lol... it's symbolic, an ancient ceremony.