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BANGKOK - As Thais nationwide celebrated the Thai New Year, Songkran, on April 13, Bangkok's Central World Shopping Plaza claimed success in beating a Spanish record for the world's largest water pistol fight.
In September 2007, in Spain, 2,671 participants set the record for the largest water pistol fight which lasted five minutes.
Yesterday in Bangkok, Central World and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) organisers gathered 3,471 participants in the Guinness World Record Songkran Festival 2011 and fired water pistols at each other non-stop for ten minutes, doubling the record.
At Bangkok City Hall, BMA Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra led city officials and public members in a ceremony where 10 senior monks chanted and people offered alms to 184 monks.
In the evening, the plaza hosted a light and sound show, musical concert, cultural show, and a trade fair for goods from Bangkok's 50 districts. Thais and foreigners took part in the water-splashing celebration amid security provided by 150 police.
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva offered a Songkran wish for Thais to be happy and safe, while also urging motorists to drive carefully during this period, notorious for road accidents.
(The Nation/ANN)
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'물총 싸움'으로 기네스 기록을...
태국의 새해를 축하하는 ‘송끄란 축제’ 에서 태국 시민들과 여러 관광객들이 대규모 물총 싸움을 벌여 기록을 세웠다.
방콕 센트럴 월드 쇼핑센터에서 열린 이 축제는 매년 4월 13일부터 15일 까지 열리는 태국의 성대한 축제로써 서로에게 축복을 기원하며 물을 뿌리는 전통으로 ‘물의 축제'라고도 불린다.
방콕에서 개최된 이번 물총 싸움은 3,471 참가자들이 참가해 지난 2007년 9월에 스페인에서 달성한 물총 싸움 기네스 기록인 2,671 참가자 수를 깨고 ‘세상에서 최대규모 물총 싸움'으로 기네스 기록에 올랐다.
또한 여러 외국인들과 방콕 시민들이 참가한 물총 싸움에는 안전을 위해 150명의 경찰들이 동원 되었다. 센트럴 월드 쇼핑센터가 주최한 축제에서는 빛과 음향 쇼, 뮤지컬 콘서트, 문화 쇼, 그리고 방콕 50개 지역의 물건들을 전시한 무역 박람회가 열렸다.
축제 시기에 자주 발생하는 교통사고를 감안하여 태국 총리는 송끄란에 태국인들의 행복과 안전을 기원했다.
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