All teams were accompanied by a child holding a copper petal inscribed with the name of their country and the words "XXX Olympiad London 2012". The petals are to be used later in the ceremony.
Indeed it's very interesting. It will shown all over the world. Escort is carrying the copper kettle in the shape of a leaf with uri samples.
Each nation has one flag bearer and another Olympic escort carrying a copper leaf. The leaves were later lit with the Olympic torch and then combined to create the cauldron
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Parts of the Olympic torch.
what are the children walking next to the flag bearer carring in the Olympic parade of nations
The ashes of Olympians past?
They become part of the Olympic beacon at the end of the parade.
They are the "petals" that formed the one large torch in the middle of the arena.
I think It's the copper kettle used in the cauldron.
The country which appears first in the Olympic Parade of Nations is always Greece, because Greece started the Olympic Games thousands of years ago. And the last country to parade is the host country.
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