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

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[@jekizer]

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]

LOL, COMPUTER ERA!

[@DarkWater4Eva]

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

[@ramrand9960]

Lol 😂

[@manifestgtr]

Redundancy and contingency make the world go round 🤙

[@JontyLevine]

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]

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

[@pickacard4474]

ancient greek clothing :)

[@sheevpalpatine1105]

@@dummies3120 beauty doesnt have to be pompous you cretin

[@vertigopull]

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.

[@susannegantz5421]

absolutly

[@therookpiece]

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

[@tonibarrows4269]

therookpiece

[@athenslarge]

Ancient Olympia, Greece. Beautiful!!!

[@kailengray2822]

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

[@patrioticsongs6351]

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

[@AZWMKWofficialstarNinjaGeneral]

same here ever 4 or 2 years im stoked for japan, paris france, and los angelos

[@adhrittv325]

This year?

[@sammawby6014]

Whats too hard?

[@thanasisnonis3762]

I'm proud to be Greek!

[@georgiacannon9576]

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

[@kennaloukas3593]

Thanasis Nonis Same!

[@bernardcorboz6462]

You can, yes!

[@yerimradzalova527]

Im proud to have a greek ancestry :)

[@ericlouclair2585]

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!

[@user-vp3rr1zl4v]

PROUD TO BE GREEK. PEACE ALL OVER THE HUMANITY.

[@EngPheniks]

I love the ancient Greek style costumes worn by the women

[@jp-alebovs5331]

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

[@RaymondHng]

See you in 2O2ONE.

[@gen_edits]

2020 Olympics never happened

[@shubhamkulkarni2007]

@@gen_edits it's happening now 💯✨

[@adhrittv325]

@@shubhamkulkarni2007 but no excitement

[@shubhamkulkarni2007]

@@adhrittv325 well I'm excited tbh 😂

[@AZWMKWofficialstarNinjaGeneral]

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

[@PetraYlenius]

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

[@Gossbert]

Not just an ordinary fire, it's just natural

[@jestoneflores2554]

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

[@jimmybutler7589]

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

[@azalea5560]

Beautiful ceremony

[@Manon-xt9ml]

It's like the music from the hunger games

[@krixxset2214]

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]

Please don't. 😂

[@stavrosnicolaou4702]

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]

No thanks 😂 and we are not Latin we are Hellenes

[@youtubecommenter37]

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]

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.

[@nickjunes]

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

[@manifestgtr]

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]

@@manifestgtr smh

[@stavrosnicolaou4702]

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

[@nickjunes]

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

[@jp-alebovs5331]

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

[@RaymondHng]

See you in 2O2ONE.

[@A_Nobbit]

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

[@nikos8106]

Katerina Lechou 🔝

[@Eline77R]

This is really magnificent!

[@cookiecat3358]

So visually pleasing❤❤

[@dziri80]

So proud to be Mediterranean ✌ ☮ 🕊

[@goldeneve]

Next week…I can’t wait

[@Juanit.a]

Χαίρε Ελλάδα🇬🇷

[@user-ez5pl6ou6p]

Я тут сейчас стою

[@mistyvioletconservative.3889]

Simply amazing..........💎

[@MilesDavis2012]

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?

[@famminak852]

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]

Extremists are threat to our unity

[@RiodeJaneiro-2016]

*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 👉🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*

[@iambobby3537]

hoped wonder woman showed up/

[@rachaelsmith8764]

is there a video of the flame lighting ceremony for Torino

[@KC-rd3gw]

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

[@jimhernandez7712]

How beautiful

[@nazdizen8275]

Love Olympic's ❤️

[@JC-zm4jg]

That’s actually pretty cool!

[@user-qy9wx1vh4j]

looks freaking cool

[@TheTititio]

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

[@panthir6720]

When will it be back in greece?

[@mikrologia7455]

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

[@RaymondHng]

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

[@firmeyfelizporlaunion.5426]

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

[@MichaelCobbs]

Amazing!

[@natasadream]

I am from Greece😋

[@lopelorbes6297]

What was the name of the thing that ignited the torch

[@sisarabebe]

Respeito a chama da vida!!!

[@wmz1900]

Bela cerimônia 🇧🇷🇬🇷

[@Alexander_Dr]

Very beautiful!

[@spiroschondrogiannis239]

Proud to be Greek! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@g.reaper7946]

Beautiful

[@waiyeeng7712]

wah got many pretty girls. Tall and strong

[@yolotoko2393]

I watched this thinking it was 2021 one lol 🤦‍♂️

[@litamtondy]

Thanks France for creating the modern Olympics!

[@juliabutler1507]

This is so cool!

[@blackwolf3806]

Greece 😍

[@chr7ris]

first time ever i see no dislikes..

[@SaleemKhan-fc9yl]

Chris Chandy vs

[@julianeende931]

Frieden für alle Menschen!

[@RaymondHng]

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

[@rachaelsmith8764]

Must be beautiful to witness

[@chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320]

Sound like Lord of the Rings

[@RakeshYadav-od1wi]

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

[@akashdhar9412]

0:37 Conchshell

[@ValdirRiodeJaneiroS.Mundial]

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

[@albertowilliamalvesviana5162]

Hi, I am the provost

[@solmanshine12]

Earlier flame was ignited through sun.

[@haroldmanuelito6935]

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

[@lilysing766]

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

[@TonyBittner-Collins]

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

[@GamersOdyssey]

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

[@xipingpong667]

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

[@krixxset2214]

THE GRIX!!!!!!!!!

[@ermionistavrouli3940]

Ancient Hellas

[@patriciamary3259]

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

[@RaymondHng]

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.

[@cosmonaut7181]

hope there is no more war between human.

[@MonCarlo]

what if the flame goes out?

[@gntrtn]

greece fails 😂

[@alexanderip1003]

modern torches like this one have a fuel source inside

[@Logiafruit]

The games are suspended

[@RaymondHng]

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.

[@zano-sama9088]

Dark souls in a nutshell

[@marlaz3605]

🇬🇷 🇬🇷 🇬🇷

[@jasminejohnston6393]

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

[@GeorgeTelop]

Yeah baseball does seem a bit funny to us...

[@GeoAce777]

🤯

[@user-ze8ep2on2o]

GR GR GR!

[@kimnorberg9783]

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

[@pedrooliveira8028]

+Fun Chuua Unffortunately .I wondered the same thing..because the torch is so beautiful but it certainly would be more if it could stay completely white :/

[@jehoshaphattremainsk.s.c9796]

+Junior Oliveira wow, racist.

[@eviem.2673]

well obviously, it's fire, and fire can burn things.

[@jehoshaphattremainsk.s.c9796]

lmao

[@lauraahanj856]

Junior Oliveira

[@paulac2206]

#rioready2016

[@dimitrisdim3995]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️🇬🇷

[@swarthyjake4433]

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

[@yupitsmetv1196]

Not a single word of this comment is spelled correctly.

[@alfianingratubun5154]

👏👏👏🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@jonathanazcorra201]

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

[@tomasribeiro7304]

👌🏻

[@billbb]

yeha

[@amaturrahmaan964]

This is like worship! 😬

[@shoepm]

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.

[@chocobokoay3194]

🔥🏹🔥.♎

[@nv_chino]

💸

[@SpirithunterBOMB]

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

[@vasilikis3930]

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

[@nilsds1368]

lol lolol ol ol o lol ol o lo l o l

[@anon8373]

low budget

[@vurt]

pretty lame, guys

[@tedmink7568]

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

[@vasilikis3930]

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

[@ritapita1126]

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