ORIGINS (2015), final scene

ORIGINS, directors cut final scene OPENING CEREMONY FIRST EUROPEAN GAMES conceived, visualised and directed by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU Baku 2015 the final fifteen minutes that lit the fire of the first European Games on 12 June 2015 in Baku a story created with the ingredients of Azerbaijan, land of FIRE an iconic Azerbaijani CARPET the sound of MUGHAM the mud volcanoes that make vast CRACKED EARTH landscapes a SEMENI plate with green sprouting wheat, symbol of NOVRUZ, a festival rooted in ZOROASTRIANISM