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All in harmony
COMPILED BY NIMI KURIAN
Photo: AFP
At the Special Olympics: Chinese performers put on a show depicting a sea dragon.
The 2007 Special Olympic World Summer Games opened at Shanghai on October 2. Marking the first time the Games have been held in Asia, the Games also welcomed 2,302 trainers, more than 20,000 family members of the intellectual disabled athletes, celebrities, VIPs and some 40,000 volunteers from all over the world. The three-hour-long opening ceremony was visually striking with dazzling lighting, fireworks, costumes and overwhelming music. The extravagant ceremony, featuring
5,800 performers, started with a drum show called “Harmony: Hearts Beating As One”, performed by actors with intellectual disabilities. According to the China Disabled Persons’ Federation, China has about 12 million intellectually disabled people. Globally there are 170 million, accounting for three percent of the world population.
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