Author: Asia Book of Records Team

A total of 85 skaters from all over India, participated in 50 hours non-stop speed skating marathon, starting at May 28, 2012 at 5 pm and concluding on May 30, 2012 at 7 pm, covering a distance of 1572 kms on a rink of 200m, at Shiv Ganga Roller Skating Club, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.

The world’s oldest bowl of noodles was uncovered by archaeologists while working at the Lajia archaeological site in northwestern China in October 2005. The thin, yellow noodles (made from millet) were preserved under an upturned sealed bowl, 3meters (10 ft) below the sediment and dates back to 4,000 years.

Guo Liansheng (China) is the oldest cataract surgery patient at the age of 109. The operation was by Dr Chu Tao, a cataract expert at Shanghai New Vision Ophthalmic Hospital.

A total of 4,428 people danced to Bollywood songs on March 1, along with the masters of Zee TV’s talent hunt, Terrence Lewis and Remo D’Souza and 13 contestants of Season 3 (all Indian), Somaiya college grounds, Mumbai, India.

‘Swaradhika Dr. Dhari Pancham’Da’, a classical vocalist from Gujarat, India, played santoor  (an Indian musical instrument) for 29 hours, 29 minutes and 29 seconds, starting at 10.29am  on April 26, 2011 and ending at 4.02pm on April 27, 2011, at an event organized by the Pancham Academy of Indian Music during the conclusion ceremony of Swarnim Gujarat, at the Gajjar Hall, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The type of music played on the Santoor consisted of 33 Bandishs of 29 Classical Indian Raagas (Raga is a melodic mode of Indian Classical Music).’

The Protheses Foundation (Thailand) donated and fitted 664 artificial legs in Sanamluang, Bangkok, Thailand, between July 16 and July 26, 2006.

Pudong Shangri-La Hotel in Shanghai has created the world’s longest Christmas cake. It is 1068-metre-long Yule log cake, created after 24 hours of hard work by 80 chefs during a charity event to raise funds for children suffering from cancer.  

The largest Hasapiko dance was achieved by Larnaca Municipality (Cyprus) at Europe Square, Larnaca, Cyprus, on December 12, 2010, where 749 dancers participated. All the participants were dressed in white shirt and black trousers and danced to the popular Greek song ‘Frankosyriani’ for five minutes.

580 students from nine universities around Turkey, painted a picture measuring 760.28 m², using spray, and completed it on August 16, 2004, at Hezarfen Airport, Istanbul, Turkey. The spray painting titled, ‘There is life on the street’, was made for Coca-Cola Ýçecek.

Norwegian Seafood Export Council (Norway), with the help of the student chefs from Zhonghua Vocational School in Shanghai (China), created the largest sushi mosaic at the 2010 World Expo Shanghai China, on October 15, 2010. The mosaic covered 20.13 m2 and used 120 kg of rice and 65 kg of Norwegian Salmon, and took 6 hours and 15 minutes to complete (not including preparation time). The attempt was supported by the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing and Furuseth Group.