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Longest Sarong Chain
For the first time, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) organised a family day for all the mosques in Singapore. Among the many interesting activities, was participants lining and knotting the sarongs they brought to the event. A 530m sarong chain was formed at Pasir Ris Park on 31 Jan 2016. Read More »
Largest Chunlian
For the 2016 Lunar New Year, Carlsberg Singapore played on the Mandarin pronunciation of the number 16 (yi liù) and the Chinese term (yi liú) which means excellence, top notch or simply the best. To launch its new cans that come with 20 different yi liú wishes, the beer company got renowned calligrapher Christina Chen to write the wishes on a 1.5m by 16m ... Read More »
Largest Mulaipari Ceremony
For the Bukit Panjang Pongal Festival on 17 Jan 2016, 115 potted plants were prepared 2 weeks earlier for the Mulaipari. In this traditional ritual, women devotees took part in a procession carrying the pots filled with seedlings of 9 different types of grains. The festival at Pending Road was organised by the Bukit Panjang CCC and INC. Read More »
Largest Demonstration Of Manual Rice Dehusking
Bukit Panjang constituency celebrated its 9th year of Pongal on 17 Jan 2016 close to Pending LRT station. Pongal is the harvest festival celebrated in southern India. To remind visitors of their agrarian roots and the efforts to provide food, the organisers brought in 25 wooden dehusking mortars. Visitors got to try pounding the rice to remove their husk with long wooden pestles. Read More »
World’s Largest Automated External Defibrillator Training Session
On the second National Life Saving Day, 15 Jan 2012, over 2,500 turned up over the two sessions at Singapore Expo to learn how to use the Automated External Defibrillator (AED). The event was organized by the National Resuscitation Council (Singapore) and the Singapore Heart Foundation. As the Guinness record that the organisers applied for, is for largest training session, ... Read More »
