Nathan Krupton, flag bearer of the American Samoa delegation at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, braved the cold and "smeared oil" on the scene.
At the opening ceremonies of recent Olympic Games, there was always a muscular, handsome-looking, naked upper body, and oiled male fitness figure that appeared in the athletes' entrance ceremony and became one of the hottest topics of the day. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is no exception.
The difference is that the hot discussion at the opening ceremony of this Winter Olympics has been replaced by the familiar "Tonga brother" to the standard-bearer of the American Samoa delegation.
According to media reports, the American Samoa athlete, named Nathan Cruptown, is a steel-frame snowmobile athlete. Like "Tonga brother" Pitta Taufatofa, he is also an Olympic "trans-season player", who just competed in the 100-meter sprint at the Tokyo Olympics half a year ago.
Nathan Crupton, from the Pacific islands, played shirtless at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, raising concerns about whether he could withstand the -3°C temperatures of Beijing's cold nights. In fact, before him, the "Tonga Brother" had already "cooled" once at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, when the temperature was minus 7 °C.
At the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021, the flag bearer of a delegation from another Pacific island nation, Vanuatu, was also presented with the same image. Why are athletes in the Pacific Islands so keen on "smearing oil"? Is it not a "cold-coated wax"?
On the night of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the client reporter of Beijing Daily specially consulted He Yang, secretary of the ambassador of the Tonga Embassy in China.
"The people of the South Pacific island countries can sing and dance. When men in these countries perform programs such as war dances, they will coat the surface of their bodies with coconut oil abundant in the Pacific Islands to reflect their might. Women also smear it when performing cabaret performances. He Yang said.
He Yang introduced that another important reason for "oiling" is that grease is used to paste paper money. In the South Pacific island countries, audiences will paste paper money on the performers during the viewing of the cabaret performances to show their love for the performers and recognition of their programs.
It is said that for these reasons, especially the second point, people in The South Pacific island countries will try to apply as much coconut oil as possible to their bodies during performances in order to stick more banknotes.
On Tonga National Day in 2019, international students in Tonga made their appearance when performing dances.
He Yang told reporters that on tonga national day in 2019, when the embassy in China held a celebration in Beijing, Tongan students who performed dances "smeared oil" on the stage.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Bai Bo
Edited by Li Tuo
Process Editor Liu Weili