Learn more about Torch Relay, one of the main activities to call, motivate, and integrate Chile to be part of the largest multi-sport event in the Americas.
The Torch Relay of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games will be held between October 2nd and 20th, 2023, across 16 regions of Chile to bring everyone together for this historic multi-sport event.
The Torch Realy of the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games will cross 25 districts of the Metropolitan Region from November 13th to 17th, promoting citizen participation in Para sports.
The Torch Relay program is an activity that aims to share the spirit and energy of the Games, allowing the largest multi-sport event to reach every corner of the country. It involves the journey of the Pan American and Parapan American flame, where different torchbearers will ignite and illuminate with joy and energy as the torches pass through the regions of the country, celebrating the arrival of the Games and transforming Chile into #OurMeetingPoint.
All these great celebrations will culminate at the cauldron in the coliseum of the National Stadium on October 20th, 2023, marking the start of the Pan American Games. As for the Parapan American Games, the Parapan American flame will be lit on November 17th during its respective opening ceremony.
In Pan American Games, the torch is lit in the Ceremonial Center in Teotihuacán, Mexico. The story goes that it was in that place where the gods met and sacrificed to deliver their vital and creative energy to this new era in which we live, giving birth to two elements, Nanáhuatl (Fifth Sun) and Tecuciztécatl (The Moon), symbols that are present in the design of our torches.
Rescuing the Mesoamerican tradition, the torch of the Parapan American Games is related to the birth of the Moon and its lighting in the most remote corners of the Chilean territory, highlighting the natural beauty of a country of contrasts between the Chilean valleys and mountains. The lighting of this torch will take place in the Clarillo River, in the Pirque sector, where a group of muleteer from the great Andean mountain range will light the flame to illuminate the night and continue their journey through our central valley.
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At the Pan American Games, the torch symbolizes the rising of the sun and reflects the colors of our territory, forests, glaciers, sea, valleys and desert. This energy, which emerges and summons, will cultivate #OurMeetingPoint as a space to vibrate with sport and in community.
The torch of the Parapan American Games will have the moonlight as its protagonist. It represents an invisible force, capable of moving oceans and controlling tides throughout our territory.
The torch, which includes elements in Braille, will have a metallic texture and alludes to the reddish copper of our country. It will be 66 cm long and weigh 1.5 kg. To light its flame, a metallic lantern will be used, which will keep the fire burning throughout the entire route.
AricaTuesday 10/3/23
VisviriModay 2/10/23
IquiqueSaturday 10/7/23
AntofagastaMonday 10/9/23
CopiapóThursday 10/12/23
La Serena / CoquimboFriday 10/13/23
Viña del mar / ValparaísoSunday 10/15/23
SantiagoTuesday 10/17/23 - Thursday 10/19/23
RancaguaSunday 10/15/23
PichilemuSaturday 10/7/23
TalcaMonday 10/16/23
ChillánSaturday 10/14/23
San Pedro de la Paz / ConcepciónSunday 10/8/23
TemucoThursday 10/11/23
ValdiviaTuesday 10/10/23
Puerto MonttSunday 10/8/23
CoyhaiqueSaturday 10/7/23
Punta ArenasTuesday 10/3/23
AntártidaMonday 2/10/23
Rapa NuiMonday 10/2/2023
