Fireworks, drummers, dancers and more made for a spectacular closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Games yesterday.
Sochi let its hair down yesterday at a rollicking end-of-games Olympic party celebrating Russia’s spirit and culture through the country’s rich heritage of music and art.
In a light-hearted reference to an embarrassing hiccup in the opening ceremony when one of the illuminated Olympic rings failed to open, hundreds of glittering performers formed four big rings and a small one, which then opened up.
The host nation’s gold medallists brought the Russian flag into the roofed stadium and stood while Valery Gergiev conducted a choir of hundreds of children singing the national anthem as President Vladimir Putin looked on. In a show themed “Reflections of Russia”, a Marc Chagall fantasy world of brides and fiddlers, clowns and acrobats, children and animals came to life in a scene inspired by one of his paintings.
Fireworks exploded across Olympic Park, bringing the Games to a spectacular end before hundreds of athletes and volunteers converged on the stadium floor to party with tunes from DJ Kto (DJ Who), a renowned Russian producer and promoter.
