Apparently his motto is 'Come out and play'. Camilla makes Prince Charles laugh. Nine thousand performers are taking part in tonight's opening ceremony. These youngsters look happy to be a part of the action. More performers wearing colourful costumes prepare to take centre-stage.
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It's showtime! Hide Caption. Performers and dancers showcased the easy-going Australian lifestyle. There was a nod to the worldwide image of Australia: golden beaches, surfboards, emus and kangaroos. The opening ceremony celebrated the Gold Coast's Yugambeh people, Aboriginal clans of south-east Queensland. Seventy one nations and territories will compete in the 21st Commonwealth Games.
A smoking ceremony -- an ancient tradition in Indigenous culture -- was performed. Still widely practiced among many Indigenous Australians, the custom involves the burning of various native plants to connect with good spirits.
Luther Cora, a contemporary Aboriginal artist, and his family also conducted a traditional smoking ceremony. Members of the South Africa delegation get into the spirit of the opening ceremony.
South Africa finished the games with 13 gold medals. Members of the Canadian team take the obligatory selfie. Sixty seven athletes make up the Cameroon team. Members of the Uganda delegation. Sierra Leone's flagbearer Hafsatu Kamara leads the delegation during the opening ceremony.
Kurt Fearnley showcases the Queen's Baton, which left Buckingham Palace in March and traveled for days and thousand miles through the entire Commonwealth.
The Australian team arrives during the opening ceremony. Australia's flagbearer was Mark Knowle, who is the men's hockey captain. Australian singer Delta Goodrem was one of the performers in the opening ceremony. No opening ceremony would be complete without a firework display. There are gold medals to compete for Yet the abiding memory of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, a multi-sport event which is regarded by some as an enduring reminder of British imperialism, will be the celebration of Australia's Indigenous population's role in the country's history.
Follow cnnsport. But the two-and-a-half-hour spectacle at the Carrara Stadium, broadcast to an expected global audience of a billion people, was a reminder that the host nation's past did not begin some years ago with colonial rule. Charles removed the message from the Queen's Baton Relay, which has covered a distance of , kilometers over the course of days, and then read out the Queen's recognition of Australia's rich history.
Brides — and a couple of grooms — dance to celebrate marriage hotspot Gretna Green. This young audience member had coordinated his t-shirt with his hat in Scotland's colours. These women wore welder's masks to represent the shipbuilding industry of the Clyde — but the rest of their outfits seemed considerably more relaxed. The giant inflatable Loch Ness Monster — sporting a tartan Tam o'Shanter and scarf — looks as if it is making a beeline for the trolley of Irn Bru and mineral water.
Although she is not competing, Olympic medallist Rebecca Adlington looks rather nervous while watching the ceremony.
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