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Rio 2016: An opening ceremony of song, dance and escape – that didn’t cost the fortune Brazil doesn’t have
August 6 . 2016Somewhere along the line, someone had to find a hell of a lot of tin foil and elastic bands but not much more than that. After the story of the Olympic Games that this country cannot afford came the opening ceremony that replaced the usual sophisticated, expensive displays of nationhood with a simple demonstration of beautiful, cultural, ecological, musical Brazil.