While the Olympic Games in Paris grabbed global sporting headlines this summer, in September, Kazakhstan hosted its own sporting spectacle, the fifth World Nomad Games – a celebration of traditional sports and cultural identity from across central Asia. Held in the country’s capital, Astana, the Games began with a grand opening ceremony attended by over 2,500 athletes from 89 countries and featuring a parade of nations and cultural performances to the backdrop of a spectacular multimedia stage show.
The show featured vibrant visual effects including a massive lighting display, which included 13,500 Enjoygalaxy Torches installed next to every seat, transforming the Astana Arena into a giant LED screen. The lights were synchronised with each segment of the opening ceremony, displaying the Nomad Games logo, showing the names of participating countries from 89 nations, and expanding the video content from the main stage.
According to Ada Chen, General Manager at Enjoytech, battery life was the biggest challenge the company faced on the project. “Each Galatorch had a battery life of 30 hours, but we had seven plus three nights of rehearsals, one three-hour opening ceremony, and two concerts, each lasting four hours, to cover,” she explained. “Nearly every segment of the opening ceremony and concerts required the lights to be on, and we only had one opportunity to recharge the devices.”
The Enjoytech team calculated the usage time, adjusting the brightness of the torches, ensuring that not a single bit of power was wasted. They focused all the energy on the critical moments, which ensured the smooth execution of both the rehearsals and the ceremony.
Looking back on the delivery, Chen recalled the effect created during the drum segment of the opening ceremony as among the most impressive looks. “As the drums resonated on stage, the Enjoygalaxy audience wireless screen and other traditional lights synchronised perfectly, transforming the sound waves into light waves,” she described. “The lights vividly portrayed the subtle variations of the drumbeats –sometimes intense and powerful, sometimes deep and sombre, and other times light and lively. The audience could see the sound waves rolling towards them from the stage, creating an unprecedented immersive experience.”
This marks another significant international event where the Enjoygalaxy wireless lighting system was featured, following its participation in the ceremonies of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, the 2019 WorldSkills Competition, the Asian Carnival, and the Southeast Asian Games.
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