When I first arrived in Rio, O Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) was lit up bright pink to bring awareness to breast cancer (one out of eight Brazilian women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and 10,000 die of it each year). This is my third time in Rio, and I had never see the Christ lit with anything other than the bright white lights that bathe it every night, making it visible for miles around, so seeing the Christ pink was pretty exciting.
But I was in for another surprise - last night the Christ was turned into a giant screen. The video is supposed to give the impression of the Christ rotating 360º and looking down to admire the city of Rio below.
The project is intended to bring attention to the huge problem of the sexual exploitation of children.
It is great seeing Rio use its newly found global stage to bring attention to causes that are not only local issues, but global ones as well.
Watch the video projection below, pretty incredible what they did, eh?
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