Rio Olympics 2016

3rd & 7 37yd

So far, everyone at this watch party seems to know every word to every song.

by cassandra.garrison 8/5/2016 11:31:45 PM
Loud cheers for the world's most famous model @giseleofficial and #Brazil 's best known song #OpeningCeremony

by Caroline Stauffer via twitter 8/5/2016 11:30:19 PM
Here comes Gisele!

by cassandra.garrison 8/5/2016 11:29:56 PM
REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:29:53 PM
REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:29:15 PM
People are loving this plane stunt. #Rio2016

by Cassandra Garrison via twitter 8/5/2016 11:28:37 PM
The I4 BIS and inventor Santos Dumont are celebrated to great cheers. There is great debate among aviators about the history of flight, but according to Brazilians, Dumont was the first man to take off and land with a heavier-than-air machine.

by Leela de Kretser 8/5/2016 11:28:18 PM
Crowd gets very excited when it's time to shine on those phones and participate

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 11:27:23 PM
REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:26:44 PM
REUTERS/David Gray

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:26:10 PM
I'm a bit lost. Very suspenseful music though and lots of cubes

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 11:25:16 PM
REUTERS/Richard Heathcote/Pool

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:23:58 PM
The Metropolis segment shows the building of Brazil's most populous cities. A skyline is literally emerging inside the stadium.

by Leela de Kretser 8/5/2016 11:23:36 PM
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:23:28 PM
REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:22:53 PM
Olympic fan gear.

by cassandra.garrison 8/5/2016 11:22:08 PM
REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:22:04 PM
No glossing over history in #OpeningCeremony depicting arrival of slaves to #Brazil

by Caroline Stauffer via twitter 8/5/2016 11:21:51 PM
We are now watching the representation of the 19th Century arrival of the Lebanese and Syrians to Brazil.

by Leela de Kretser edited by elizabeth.culliford 8/5/2016 11:20:42 PM
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:18:57 PM
REUTERS/Richard Heathcote/Pool

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:17:37 PM
Demonstrators set fire to a 2016 Rio Olympics shirt moments before the official Opening Ceremony to the Summer Games.

by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 11:15:11 PM
REUTERS/Adrees Latif

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:14:40 PM
Swimming: Want to go faster? You may need your head seeing to reut.rs/2aODlmD via @Reuters

by Alan Baldwin via twitter 8/5/2016 11:13:34 PM
All rise for Brazilian anthem. It's a lot cheerier than O Canada

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 11:12:08 PM
This is the coolest futuristic robot crab I've ever seen. #Rio2016

by Cassandra Garrison via twitter 8/5/2016 11:10:32 PM
REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:10:00 PM
Beautiful rendition of Brazil's national anthem by samba great #PaulinhodaViola . #OpeningCeremony #Rio2016

by Mary Milliken via twitter 8/5/2016 11:09:48 PM
Paulinho da Viola receives huge applause for his almost acoustic version of the Brazilian anthem.

by Leela de Kretser 8/5/2016 11:09:30 PM
All the Brazilians are singing along to their National Anthem playing right now.

by cassandra.garrison 8/5/2016 11:08:11 PM
REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:06:23 PM
Huge crowd in downtown Rio to watch the ceremony on big screens. People are cheering and singing along. #Rio2016 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpIZ4KHWYAAVJ-b.jpg

by Cassandra Garrison via twitter 8/5/2016 11:05:59 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Join our live coverage as the stadium fills for #Rio2016 opening ceremony. reut.rs/2b9c64Y http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpIZFkgWIAAQddc.jpg

by Reuters Top News via twitter retweeted by CassLGarrison 8/5/2016 11:05:57 PM
by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:05:52 PM
Shiny, futuristic sea is how I'd describe beginning of performance

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 11:05:29 PM
There are hundreds of people here to watch this public watch party. The crowd is loving it and cheering along.

by cassandra.garrison 8/5/2016 11:04:21 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Join our live coverage as the stadium fills for #Rio2016 opening ceremony. reut.rs/2b9c64Y http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpIZFkgWIAAQddc.jpg

by Reuters Top News via twitter retweeted by LianaBaker 8/5/2016 11:03:35 PM
hard to believe we are 'outtside' at the #Maracana stadium. #OpeningCeremony

by Mary Milliken via twitter 8/5/2016 11:02:16 PM
Started at 8 pm local sharp. Some Brazilian song I don't recognize starts off the ceremony. People seem to know the words

by Liana B. Baker via twitter retweeted by CassLGarrison 8/5/2016 11:01:48 PM
Brazilians start singing Gilberto Gil song Aquele Abraco as #openingceremony gets underway. We're finally here folks!

by Mary Milliken via twitter 8/5/2016 11:01:44 PM
I wish I still had my rollerblades. #Rio2016

by Cassandra Garrison via twitter 8/5/2016 11:01:38 PM
Started at 8 pm local sharp. Some Brazilian song I don't recognize starts off the ceremony. People seem to know the words

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 11:01:30 PM
The opening ceremony is about to begin. People who have come to watch in Praça Maua are ready.

by cassandra.garrison 8/5/2016 11:01:04 PM
Lights from phones. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:00:17 PM
But the president has yet to appear. @Reuters team right above him. twitter.com/MichelTemer/st…

by Mary Milliken via twitter 8/5/2016 10:59:18 PM

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