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The logs are raised with ropes by hand, and while they are being raised, a ceremonial group of log bearers ride the logs and sing and perform other feats, while numerous men and women sustain a consistent chant. Barry Davies — the commentator for the BBC broadcast showing stated that the chants were "plaintive" being a "prelude to much hard work." Finally, each post unfurled a yellow steamer which were to call the gods that lived in the trees.
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2,302 athletes from 72 countries and regions participated in the competition, including 814 female athletes and 1488 male athletes. Both the number of participating delegations and the number of athletes participating in the competition were the most ever at the time.Three National Olympic Committees
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is this opening ceremony's theme. While elements of Nagano's culture are shown throughout the ceremony, the main theme shown is how the world is more unified and harmonious at the last Winter Olympics of the 20th century. This is best seen in the massed choir that marked the beginning and the end of
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posts which stand at the corners of local shrines in Nagano Prefecture. They are brought down from the surrounding mountains to purify the earth. At this ceremony, hundreds of people performed the Satobiki ceremony, where four 12 meter high onbashira are erected at the two entrances of the stadium.
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arrive in the stadium. 150 primary school aged children, local participants of the "One School, One Country" initiative, arrive dressed as Yukinko, traditional straw winter coats and hats. After some dancing, the children take off their straw coats, showing knitted sweaters of country flags
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in Athens. Before doing so, Moon and the children presented the Olympic Flame to the Imperial Couple in the royal box, with the Emperor and Empress applauding Moon. Chiba passed the torch to the
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representing the 72 nations competing in these Winter Games. Each child will march with their country during the Parade of Nations, and will appear also during the lighting of the Olympic Flame.
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this ceremony, with satellite choirs at key symbolic locations of peace. It is also seen through at the flame's entrance by emphasizing the work of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.
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ring purification ceremony, the symbolic calling of the attention of the gods and expelling the evil spirits from the competition venue. It is more intricate than the normal
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when the war ended. The bell that was rung was cast in 1667, and reverberates as a symbol of Nagano. It was rung to confer blessing on the opening ceremony.
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described the sequence as having been "the first time that images and sounds from around the globe were united in a simultaneous live performance."
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Tomlinson, Alan (1 January 2005). "Picturing the winter Olympics: The Opening ceremonies of Nagano (Japan) 1998 and Salt Lake City (USA) 2002".
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were sending delegations to compete in the Winter Olympics for the first time in history: Azerbaijan, North Macedonia and Uruguay.
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Tajima, Atsushi (2004). ""Amoral universalism": mediating and staging global and local in the 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games".
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took the oath on behalf of all 1998 Olympic athletes in Japanese, while the officials' oath was taken by
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At the end of a 49-day torch relay across Japan, the Olympic flame is carried into the stadium by
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who runs upstairs while surrounded by the local Nagano children. The last torchbearer was
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The finale of the opening ceremony featured a choral performance of the 4th movement of
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Japanese Team that was the current Olympic Champions on Team Event in Nordic Combined
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1,998 balloons in the shape of doves were released from the stage of the stadium.
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The cauldron used during the games is now used as a monument to the games.
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joined the school children to perform a medley of two songs from the 1996
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arrive with IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and other dignitaries.
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During this act, it was announced on the Stadium loudspeakers that the
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The Opening Ceremony media guide : the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
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delivered a speech in English, calling for athletes to "observe the
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Following the performance of Ode to Joy, a flyover was done by the
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was carried around the stadium by eight former Japanese Olympians:
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in Albertville, and the first Asian figure skating to win the
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chosen from all over Japan entered the stadium to perform the
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Women's marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics
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Official Report of the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, Vol. 2
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Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and Physical Education
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Torch relay and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron
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delivered a speech in Japanese, welcoming everyone.
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Alan Tomlinson, Professor in Leisure Studies at the
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1998 Winter Olympics

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Nagano Olympic Stadium
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36°34′47″N 138°09′56″E / 36.579722°N 138.165556°E / 36.579722; 138.165556
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