Why is there a tradition of carrying the "Holy Fire" at the Olympics?

? Why is there a tradition of passing the "Holy Fire" at the Olympics?

Whenever the Olympics are held, there is a tradition of passing and lighting the "sacred fire", a ritual that originated in ancient Greek mythology. Legend has it that ancient mankind had no fire. A good and brave god Prometheus against the will of Zeus, the king of the gods, the heavenly fire stolen to the starving people on earth, while he himself was severely punished.

In honor of Prometheus, the god of fire, torches were made to carry the torch as a symbol of light, bravery and might. In order to spread and carry on the Olympic spirit forever, Coubertin proposed to light the sacred fire at the Olympic Games.

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This proposal was formally implemented at the 11th Olympic Games in 1936. The spark for the Olympic flame was obtained from Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games. Next to the temple of the Greek goddess Hera, a woman dressed as the goddess took fire from the sunlight with a concave focusing mirror, lit the torch, and then passed it out in a relay to the host city the day before the Games opened.

The Olympic flame first appeared at the 1928 Amsterdam Games. It was, of course, Coubertin who came up with the idea, which was then limited to lighting the flame on a fountain water dish near the stadium.?

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The Athens Olympic flame will be lit on March 25, a grand ceremony at the Games and a tradition that has continued since 1936. At noon on March 25, priestesses dressed in white robes will come to the center of the Olympia site to light the Olympic flame, thus kicking off the Athens Games.

The flame will then travel to five continents and visit "21 cities that have hosted the Olympic Games before returning on Aug. 11 to the Olympic Stadium in Athens. As for the origins of this lesser-known ritual, one can't forget the founder of the modern Olympics, Coubertin, who sketched out a blueprint for creating a different kind of sporting competition that would bring people together and, more importantly, would last.

It would be able to bring a sense of sport, solidarity, and even humility to those who participated in the contest and those who cheered for the participants. Slogans, symbols, flags, oaths, parades, all of these must not be overlooked to make the Olympics unique.

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Not to mention the famous Olympic flame and its transmission. As an incidental the Olympic flame has become one of the most anticipated things in the entire Olympic movement during the Games. The first appearance of the Olympic flame was at the 1928 Amsterdam Games. It was, of course, Coubertin who came up with the idea, which was then limited to lighting the flame on a fountain water dish near the stadium.