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Article: Introducing ILANAAQ: Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Emblem Celebrates Canada
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- CCNMatthews Newswire
- Article date:
- April 23, 2005
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - April 23, 2005) - A
uniquely Canadian symbol of friendship, hospitality, strength,
teamwork and the vast Canadian landscape has been selected as the
emblem for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
The Vancouver 2010 emblem is a contemporary interpretation of the
traditional inukshuk, a stone sculpture used by Canada's Inuit people
as directional landmarks across the northern Canadian lands of snow
and ice. Over time, the inukshuk has become a representation of hope,
friendship and an external expression of the hospitality of a nation
that warmly welcomes the people of the world with open arms. The
distinctive formations are found across the ...