The African Cup of Nations 2019 kicked off in Cairo in a very beautiful short opening ceremony.
It was a short, elegant and beautiful show aside from that dancing lady at the start.
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That show highlighted Egypt’s identity from ancient Egypt to Islamic Egypt to African Egypt to Modern Egypt without big dancing shows.
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Crazy elegant fire shows in the inauguration of AFCON19
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African identity is celebrated in an elegant way
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You can watch it here from CAF’s official TV channel on YouTube.
Nevertheless, in a very Egyptian tradition, there was a technical problem that created a little controversy in the opening ceremony.