ASIAN-CLOSING 2

The five-starred red flag of China was unfurled and the
hosts’ national anthem was played by the Military band.
A small cultural segment was then presented with fishing
lights shaped as starlight and the crescent moon used as major
props to create a dream-like atmosphere of changing colours
and flowing figures, the images giving the crowd an impression
of fairy tales and scenes of fishing.
The face of a smiling child appeared which turned into a
beautiful girl from this city of ten million who frolics in
the night sky amidst the stars.
When she extended her hand all the stars and moon fell
into her grasp and she, with a laugh, threw the stars and moon
to the Games Torch Tower in the centre of the square.
As they fell to the ground, hundreds of children
appeared like magic and scattered in all directions to form
the Asian Games emblem.
A ship resembling a crescent moon with singing children
on board gently set sail on the front waterway and hundreds of
chorus singers with stars in their hands in four groups
entered from two sides.
A child singer picked up a Lingnan-style fishing lantern
made of bamboo splits enclosed by paper from the water.
Almost immediately several fishing lights in different
colours appeared on the scene winding in groups or strings
through the site as the children with star lights in their
hands flashed those lights to give an impression of a sea of
lights.
This was followed by the representation of India and the
Ganga with the holy river appearing on the sail-shaped screen
and running towards the famous temples of India while the
screen also showed images of the Taj Mahal and modern
architecture.
Several dancers led by Cai Yushan and Xi Chuhang
performed to the singing of Tripathi and Gupta and there were
also motorcycle stunts done in front of the Games Torch Tower.
One hundred men performers with Indian flower wreaths in
their hands danced in two groups behind the bikes and formed
two crescent moons on both sides of the Torch Tower while over
1000 chorus members holding multi-coloured Indian
light-reflecting towels danced in harmony.
When the two Indian singers came to the front, male
dancers ran along the two sides of the Torch Tower to form a
triangular pattern and danced with gusto while around 200
women dancers ran out, divided themselves in two groups and
performed various Indian dance forms.
The men and women dancers came together to form a semi
circle as they danced together to the song in typical
Bollywood style. More PTI SSR
SAK



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