Olympics-New costumes in revamped torch lighting ceremony for Paris 2024


Olympics - Paris 2024 organisers to reveal torch route from Marseille to Paris - Sorbonne University, Paris, France - June 23, 2023 A screen displays an image of the Olympic flame being passed on during the presentation REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo

ATHENS (Reuters) - Next month's Paris 2024 Olympics flame lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia will showcase a new high priestess, redesigned costumes and fresh music as Greece looks to revamp the traditional ceremony.

The flame will be lit on April 16 in ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Games. In a traditional ceremony, actress Mary Mina playing the high priestess for the first time will use a parabolic mirror and the sun's rays to ignite the torch.

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