Largest Athapookalam
The Indian Malayalee community and Jurong Green CC celebrated Onam at the Jurong Lake Park on 23 Sep 2012. In connection with the festival, an athapookalam, an art collage of fresh flowers was carried out in the traditional Indian design. 1,300kg of flowers were use to make the flower bed, measuring 11m in diameter and 97 sq m. The event ... Read More »
Largest Chalk Art
To tie in with its display of treasures from the Aga Khan Museum, the Asian Civilisation Museum invited members of the public to help it break the Singapore chalk art record. Over 200 visitors got down on their knees to chalk up colourful Islamic-style geometric patterns on the ACM courtyard on 8 Sep 2012. The artwork measured 12m by 16.8m. The ... Read More »
Largest Display Of Paper Lilies
Students of Outram Secondary School folded origami lilies to honour their teachers. On 31 Aug 2012, 3,600 lilies were displayed on the floor of the sports hall measuring 9m by 5.3m, with the words ‘OSS Spirit – 2012 Happy Teachers’ Day’. The display also included wrapped bouquets of 10 long stem lilies each, which were later presented to the 90 teachers in ... Read More »
Largest Taiyaki Display
AMK Hub commemorated its fifth anniversary on 1 Sep 2012 with the largest taiyaki display. Taiyaki is a popular Japanese waffle pancake shaped like a sea bream and filled with sweet fillings. The fish is an auspicious symbol for Japanese because its name includes a part of the word ‘medetai’, which means happiness or goodness. 5,555 pieces of taiyaki were formed into ... Read More »
Largest Formation Of Human Pyramids
Secondary four students of Tanjong Katong Secondary School wanted to do something memorable together before they fully concentrate on their O level exams. On 31 Aug 2012, 258 boys and girls set the record for forming 43 human pyramids of 6 persons each, in their school hall. Read More »
