Lighting ceremony for 2010 Winter Olympic Flame rehearsed in Ancient Olympia

Lighting ceremony for 2010 Winter Olympic Flame rehearsed in Ancient Olympia

Greek actress Nafpliotou (front), playing the role of High Priestess, lights an Olympic torch during the rehearsal for the lighting ceremony for the Olympic Flame for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games in ancient Olympia on Oct. 21, 2009. The formal ceremony will be held on Oct. 22 on the Sacred Ground of Ancient Olympia.

The rehearsal for the lighting ceremony for the Olympic Flame for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games is held in front of the temple of Hera of ancient Olympia on Oct. 21, 2009.

Karolos, the boy who will give the Olive tree branch to the High Priestesses, is on the rehearsal for the lighting ceremony for the Olympic Flame for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games in ancient Olympia on Oct. 21, 2009

Greek actress Nafpliotou(front), playing the role of High Priestess, lights an Olympic torch during the rehearsal for the lighting ceremony for the Olympic Flame for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games in ancient Olympia on Oct. 21, 2009.
(Xinhua/Marios Lolos)