Opening Day Ceremony - Qatar 2022

over 3 years ago

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The most expensive World Cup ever around the sum of 220 billion dollars kicked off yesterday at 16:00 GMT. Before kick off, a very entertaining, high quality opening ceremony was aired which I must confess I enjoyed a lot.

The opening and closing ceremonies of tournaments like these are to die for and if you miss, I kinda feel you’ve missed out on an important part of the tournament.

So here I am seated by the TV before 15:00 hoping to catch every bit of the opening ceremony and to enjoy the experience.

The Al Bayt stadium was packed to full capacity with a lot of Qatari and Ecuadorian faithfuls. Fans from other countries were in attendance as well.

Marcel Desailly presented the trophy to the crowd and it was locked it up for it to be contested for again.

Here he is presenting the trophy.

Trophy being locked up.

Few minutes later, the Emir of Qatar, FIFA president and other dignitaries took their seats and the main show began.

Dignitaries exchanging pleasantries.

Some lovely scenes

Qatar’s culture on display

Morgan Freeman then entered the frame with his calm and soothing voice to present his narration on football and togetherness and how the World Cup in Qatar is going to unite everyone as “one big family”. He did so alongside a Qatari citizen, Ghanim Al Muftahwho gave some beautiful quranic recitations.

Morgan Freeman being introduced.

Morgan and Ghanim sitting on the pitch together.

After the narration, quiet a number of people joined the actor and Ghanim and there was a performance from a Korean musician who performed “Dreamers” alongside a Qatari musician. The past World Cup songs including Shakira’s this time for Africa and K’Naan ‘s waving flag.

Dancers dancing to the past World Cup songs.

Jung Kook and Dana performing Dreamers.

All this was packed into a 30-minute thriller and I must admit it was entertaining and I wasn’t disappointed at all.

All pictures unless otherwise stated were taken with my phone.

Enjoy the world’s biggest tournament.🤩🤩 🎉

Still team Ghana though. Thank you.🇬🇭😂

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28 comments

@rubilu 73

over 3 years ago

It was a beautiful ceremony. I loved the part where the man said stuff in English and then he translated it into Arabic. His voice was beautiful.

The whole thing was planned to perfection.

Not to forget how beautiful the trophy looks. Am sure if it had eyes it will be very proud of it self haha,

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@yahuzah 71

over 3 years ago

You can tell everyone was very well planned and choreographed right from Morgan’s entry till the very last dance. I’d love to get a look at the behind the scenes of what went into the production.

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@sayee 75

over 3 years ago

Thank you for summarizing it. I hope to watch a replay. Voted on behalf of the Neoxian city paper.

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@yahuzah 71

over 3 years ago

I hope you get the chance to. Thank you.

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