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gold, silk, spices and incense. Meanwhile, back at the Seeker’s homeland, his love was in despair, waiting for his arrival. With his Asian brothers helping him in his way back to his homeland, the Seeker safely made it back to his love, and invited all of Asia to celebrate their wedding as guests. To honour his guests, the Seeker presented them a troupe of horsemen that put on a special performance. Years later, the Seeker had a son. He showed him the Arab world's contributions to modern science in the past, the present and the future, Qatar's natural resources and the country’s vision for the future.
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were among the important landmarks he passed. The Seeker was also treated to a multicultural presentation that displayed the cultures of different Asian countries such as China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan and Thailand. Many people in the continent came to greet him, sending him gifts such as
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The artistic segment revolved around a man known as the "Seeker" who was born and lived in the nation of Qatar, where the people of the desert and the people of the sea lived harmoniously together. The people of the desert are experts in poetry while the people of the sea are experts in fishing for
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A cultural performance that told the story of the "Seeker" and his journey to Asia was presented, which began with footage that displayed an astronomical zoom from an atom to the universe, the Milky Way, the Solar System and Earth , before stopping at the games' host nation, Qatar. The main
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After that, a 10-second countdown projection on the stadium floor began to signal the start of the opening ceremony. A group of 2,300 young people then used flares to form the national flag followed by a message consisting of the Arabic and English greetings
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All 45 contingents participated in the parade in English alphabetical order, from Afghanistan to Yemen, with host Qatar marching last. The traditional music of several Asian regions accompanied the athletes as they marched into the stadium.
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performed "Light the Way". The torch was relayed into the stadium by bowler Salem Bu Sharbak, volleyball player Mubarak Mustafa, shooter Nasser Al-Atiyya, Mohamed Suleiman, footballer Mansoor Muftah Sheikh and
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just outside the stadium, and fireworks soon went off, signalling the start of the 2006 Asian Games. The horse nearly slipped in the process and a clip of this incident made it onto the official broadcast.
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and Vanessa Corish. Hundreds of performers brought out dove sculptures and formed the word "peace." Then, the games' organising committee chairman Sheikh
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pearls named "tears of the moon". As a boy, he dreamed of following a falcon that leads him up to a tower and finds an
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While the placards were displayed only in English, the participating countries were announced in English and Arabic.
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in Arabic, while Macau was announced as "Macau, China" (in English by the Arabic-language announcer).
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sang "Together Now". As host nation, Qatar enters the stadium last. For the fifth time after the
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Prior to the opening ceremony, Qatari youngsters spent 10 minutes creating a traditional Qatari
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Delegates from the 45 countries and regions of Asia entered the stadium after Hong Kong artist
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Three teams entered under their short names in English, but their full names in Arabic:
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declared the games open. Qatar’s armed forces personnel later raised the flag of the
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Jassem bin Hamad Al Thani, the personal representative of the Emir of Qatar
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For unknown reasons, Hong Kong was announced as هُونْغ كُونْغ، الصين
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carpet on the stadium floor. This was followed by youngsters from
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A group of children, led by Nasser Khaled Al Kubaisi, then sang
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Government Committee for coordinating conferences and events
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gave their respective speeches and Emir of Qatar Sheikh
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North Korea and South Korea marched together under the
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The ceremony started with the arrival of Emir of Qatar
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sang "Reach Out" written by award winning songwriters
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protagonist was played by local actor Adel Al Ansari.
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display at the opening ceremony outside the stadium
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