{"id":46581,"date":"2018-08-18T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T11:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=46581"},"modified":"2018-08-18T11:30:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T11:30:45","slug":"asian-games-2018-kicks-off-in-indonesia-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=46581","title":{"rendered":"Asian Games 2018 kicks off in Indonesia today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-46582 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/163233asian-games-7592-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"834\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/163233asian-games-7592-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/163233asian-games-7592-696x387.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/163233asian-games-7592-755x420.jpg 755w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/163233asian-games-7592.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/>Sports desk: Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang is set to officially kick off from Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The multi-sport event for all Asian countries will witness participation of 10,000 athletes from 45 countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Before the start of the 18th edition of the tournament, a grand-scale opening ceremony will take place at Jakarta\u2019s Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Saturday. According to the official website of the tournament, the Games will be inaugurated with a \u201ccolossal\u201d ceremony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The ceremony, which is expected to be viewed by millions of spectators all across the world, will feature the renowned Indonesian singers, Anggun, along with Raisa, Tullus, Edo Kondologit, Putri Ayu, Fatin, GAC, Kamasean and Via Vallen. The artists will perform on the stage, which, as per the tournament organisers, will be one of the largest of its kind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The stage, which is of 120 m length, 30m wide and 26m in height, will have a towering mountain in the background, along with Indonesian beautiful, plants and flowers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y5YKVl1Vz5A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The stage has been built manually by artists from Bandung and Jakarta and will witness around 4,000 dancers who will perform on dance choreographed by Denny Malik and Eko Supriyanto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The dancers are expected to perform \u201can energetic and elegant show\u201d with the presence of an orchestra that will feature at least a hundred musicians with its two conductors Addie MS and Ronald Steven, who are well recognised amid Indonesian music culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Before the start of the ceremony, there will be a parade of athletes from every country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports desk: Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang is set to officially kick off from Saturday. 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