Brazil casts aside crisis in rousing Rio Games opening
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Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, all to the pounding beat of samba, bossa nova and funk.
Among many participating in the ceremony was the Israeli delegation, led by flag-bearer and rhythmic gymnast Neta Rivkin. Many other members of the delegation bore smaller flags – painted on their faces.
