2012-08-12 - It's Rio's turn! Rio de Janeiro received this Sunday, with open arms, the Olympic flag during the Closing Ceremony of London 2012 and is officially the Olympic city. For the next four years, the planet will follow day by day the work of Brazil towards 2016, a historical moment that will culminate with the first Olympic Games in South America.

There were eight minutes of a large group hug at the Olympic Stadium in London. The diversity of Brazilian culture was represented by musicians Seu Jorge and Marisa Monte, the rapper BNegão, the trash collector and dancer, symbol of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Renato Sorriso, and the international model Alessandra Ambrósio.

Typical from the Brazilian music, drums were also part of the party 
(Photo: ©Scott Heavey/Getty Images)
 

Marisa Monte sung Bachianas from Villa-Lobos and represented Iemanjá 
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The stars of the show invite everyone to embrace the Rio 2016 Games 
(Photo: Wander Roberto/Rio 2016)
 

The Mayor of Rio sways the Olympic Movement flag at the 
handover ceremony (Photo: ©Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
 

Several symbols of the Brazilian culture were represented at the party 
(Photo: ©Michael Regan/Getty Images) 

 
The Olympic Stadium in London with the colours of Brazil 
(Photo: ©Lars Baron/Getty Images)

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