Thailand makes a splash with stunning SEA Games opener


Dressed for success: The Malaysian contingent marching past at the 33rd SEA Games in Thailand. - Bernama

BANGKOK: With water, light and technology, Thailand re-imagined how the SEA Games can be ignited, as the 33rd edition kicked off last night at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.

A symbolic "stage of water", holding more than 800,000 litres of water transformed the stadium into a sea – the acronym for South-East Asia – befitting the theme, "We Are One – Connected by the SEA".

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