ANKARA, July 30 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday slammed the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris as a “disgusting” attack on humanity’s sacred values, saying it was an insult to the Christian world and an imposition of the “LGBT lobby”.
Some Christian groups and conservative politicians have said they were angered by a segment of the opening ceremony showing a kitsch scene which appeared to parody Leonardo da Vinci’s famous “Last Supper” painting of Jesus Christ and his disciples.
Paris 2024 organisers have apologised to Catholics and other Christian groups upset by the tableau and said there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group, but rather to celebrate tolerance.
Thomas Jolly, the artistic director behind the opening ceremony, said the scene had not been inspired by “The Last Supper” and depicted a pagan feast linked to the gods of Olympus.
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