Overview
As is common knowledge, the early Olympic Games took place in ancient Greece. It consisted of numerous competitions that took place between various ancient Greek city-states’ and kingdoms’ representatives and featured several chariot racing, athletic and combat events.
Early Attempts
Attempts to revive the Olympic Games began at least hundred years before the modern Olympics actually began. The first notable attempt was “L'Olympiade de la République”, which was a national festival, annually held in France during the French Revolution between the years 1796 and 1798.
The symbol of the Olympic Games is one of the most well recognized symbols in the world. It comprises of five intersecting rings of different and vivid colors; blue, black, red, yellow and green. Designed by none other than Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Modern Olympic Games, the five rings represent the five different regions in the world which took to “Olympism” when the games were reinstated in the year 1896.
Overview
The Olympic Games, as we all know, have a huge history behind them. Hence, they are held in a particularly distinct manner which we now associate only with the Olympics. Each and every ceremony is based upon a concrete foundation of traditional practices and beliefs.
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