The storied Maracanã Stadium was refitted in time to house 60,000 spectators for a joyful presentation that began by celebrating the Amazon rain forest and Brazil’s indigenous heritage-with dancers creating a trio of giant oca huts-in a sequence that eventually revealed the roots of the country’s modern multiculturalism through the arrival of European colonizers, African slaves, and then Japanese and Arab immigrants. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Rio 2016 Fireworks ignite over the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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