On June 12, 2014, the opening ceremony of the XX FIFA World Cup took place in Brazil. The show took place in the city of São Paulo at the Arena Corinthians stadium, which seats almost 48,000 spectators. The entire football world had been waiting for the start of the World Cup for four years and, finally, a start was made.
The opening ceremonies of the FIFA World Cups are not as colorful as those at the Olympics. The show in Sao Paulo lasted for about half an hour, but during this time the audience was able to see a lot of interesting things.
The opening ceremony of the World Cup began with a presentation of Brazilian nature. Dozens of people, dressed in various plants, moved across the football field of the São Paulo stadium. Then people began to appear who symbolized rivers. Dozens of dressed-up participants of the show "spread" across the clearing of the "Arena Corinthians".
The second part of the presentation of the opening ceremony of the World Cup was dedicated to the Brazilian people. First, the Indians appeared, and then other peoples. A huge number of communities of an amazing country were represented. It should be noted that during the opening ceremony of the championship, amazing Brazilian music sounded, which mesmerized and set the thousands of fans of Arena Corinthians in the right mood.
Brazilian culture is further manifested in the display of unique martial arts. All this happened in conjunction with samba and rumba dances.
The dancers in the meadow were replaced by "footballers" dressed in peculiar costumes, and the ball in the center of the field turned into a soccer ball. Boys in T-shirts with the national flags of the participating countries appeared on the arena. The young participants surrounded a soccer ball in the center of the field, after which the national flag of Brazil was brought out.
The next step was to open the soccer ball, which formed a flower. Further, the audience was expected to perform the anthem of the world championship from within the flower itself. It was performed by the famous Jennifer Lopez. A few minutes later, a couple more characters appeared in the center of the flower, symbolizing modern Brazilian society.
After the performance of the World Cup anthem, all the characters gradually began to leave the clearing, and the opening ceremony of the World Championship began to come to an end. The numerous fans who remained in the stands had to wait some more time, after which the starting whistle was given for the start of the first match in the tournament.
