Author: Asia Book of Records Team

The longest painting by numbers is 959.35 metre (3147 ft 5 in) long and is titled ‘Birds and Wetlands’. It was created by 2,041 participants in an event organised by the Hong Kong Wetland Park at their premises in Hong Kong, China on October 17, 2009.  

Gandhi world Foundation of  Tamil Nadu, India, organized an event in which  a total of 1,009 people dressed up as Mahatma Gandhi, on January 30, 2013, at Marina Beach, India. Congratulations to the team OF Gandhi world Foundation for  having successfully completed what was aimed at. But it should be specially mentioned that the event would not have been as successful s oiM.L Rajesh (Founder Trustee, Gandhi world Foundation, India), R. Vijaya Lakshmi (Managing Trustee, Gandhi world Foundation, India), G. Shyam sunder (Trustee, Gandhi world Foundation, India), Delvin formulations  (India) and the young energetic volunteers (all Indians).

The Government of Mizoram (India) organized an event in which 10,736 dancers participated in bamboo dance (Cheraw), on March 12, 2010, in Aizawl, Mizoram (India). The bamboos were placed horizontally (supported by two bases; one at each end), such that when together they are clapped, a sound is produced to form the rhythm of the dance.

Dr Ng Lay Choo extracted a tooth from Loo Hui Jing (Singapore), measuring 3.2 cm (1.26 in), in Singapore, on April 6, 2009, at the Eli Dental Surgery  

Mohammed Yahya Al-Assiri (Saudi Arabia) has a collection 3,220 handmade prayer beads which are exhibited at his personal museum in Dammam, in Saudi Arabia’s eastern province.  

  Kalamandalam Hemaletha (India), performed the Mohiniyattam (Mohiniyattam is a classical dance form from India) continuously for 123 hours and 15 minutes, starting at 11:30 pm on September 20 and concluding at 2:45 am September 26, 2010, at the Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy in Thrissur, Kerala (India).

A large geographical map of Thailand was made by using 8, 40,000 Popsicle sticks which was constructed by Wall’s (Thailand), at Siam Park Center, in Bangkok, Thailand. The sculpture was created by using 184,000 individual 3D boxes and each box was created using 84 sticks.

Kraft Foods Philippines has made a world record for most different dishes on display, by displaying 5,845 different dishes at Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines, on December 14, 2009.

Samsonite Black Label Boutique at Al Hamra Luxury Center (Kuwait) with a total size of 188 sq m is the largest luggage store in Asia.

Abhijit Baruah (Born June 30, 1990) from Assam, India, broke his own record and performed a total of 387 hits on punching  pad in one minute, on January 31, 2013, at Assam Bhavan, New Delhi, India. The practicing pad was held by Jayanta Tamuli and the event was supported by All Assamese Students’ Association, New Delhi. Rakesh Thakran from Indian Boxing Federation, Hemanta Kalita from Assam Boxing Federation etc were there to witness the feat. Abhijit had earlier set this inaugural record by punching a total of 329 hits in one minute on October 14, 2013, in Assam, India.