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Shiny Tongan Olympian Finally Explains All That Oil

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17-08-2016 | 01:11

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Shiny Tongan Olympian Finally Explains All That Oil

Tonga’s Rio Olympics flag bearer, Pita Nikolas Taufatofua, stole the show at the opening ceremony when he showed covered in a generous amount of oil.

The Olympian explained his choice of outfit and all that oil, which had everything to do with his Oceanian culture and nothing to do with making fans dizzy for his abs.

“When I was chosen as the flag bearer, I wanted to wear something very special to me,” Taufatofua wrote on his Facebook page.

“Coconut oil is an integral part of indigenous Oceanian body adornment,” Taufatofua wrote.

“Typically performers apply copious amounts of coconut oils on their body as a celebration of symmetry of the human body as well as a mark of ancestral identity.”

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