PH lits up Guinness for most sky lanterns flown simultaneously
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
Inquirer Visayas
More than 15,000 sky
lanterns are released within 10 minutes at the University of the Philippines
Visayas campus in Miag-ao town in Iloilo to call for world peace by cultivating
inner peace. GUIJO DUEÑAS/INQUIRER VISAYAS
MIAG-AO, ILOILO — Filipinos on Friday
evening lit their way into a new world record in the most number of sky
lanterns flown simultaneously.
Seyda Subasi-Gemici, official
representative of the the Guinness Book of World Records, said thousands of
participants flew 15,185 sky lanterns at the football field of the University of
the Philippines Visayas in Miag-ao town in Iloilo.
This bested the previous record set by
Romania at 12,740.
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