GUINNESS WORLD RECORD: Assam artist gets Guinness recognition!

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August 3, 2011 / PTI, GUWAHATI / DC.

A youth in Assam has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records for creating the longest scratch art piece.

"It took me 12 hours to complete the piece measuring 20.30 metres in length and 1.4 metres in width," Apuraj Barooah said.

An award from the Guinness authorities along with a certificate was presented to Barooah for his effort in London on July nine.

Jack Brockman of the Guinness World Records, said, "We are happy Barooah has achieved the record for the longest scratch art piece.
His piece contains 40 pictures of world folk dances including the famous Bihu dance of Assam."

Brockman said, "All the criteria were examined in the presence of some 45 people and we are proud of him." The piece depicted a landscape with fold dancers from 40 countries including India, UK, USA, Spain, Italy, China, Australia, Brazil, Japan, South Africa, France and Thailand.

Scratch art or scratchboard art is a technique where drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin layer of white China clay which is coated with black ink.

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GUINNESS WORLD RECORD: 34 toes, UP boy breaks record

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July 26, 2011 / Agencies, Uttar Pradesh / DC.

Little Akshat Saxena did not even need to sweat for his Guinness world record.

The one-year-old from UP is now on the record books after being born with 34 fingers and toes.

Akshat had seven fingers on each hand and ten toes on each foot, a spokesman for Guiness world record was quoted as saying.

The boy has had a series of surgery since he was born last year to remove the extra digit and doctors are currently figuring out a way to provide Akshat with thumbs.

The condition, known as polydactyly, is a genetic disorder and can also be inherited.

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RECORDS: Guinness names Filipino as world's shortest man!

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Junrey Balawing, center, smiles as he is measured by Guinness World Records adjudicator …

SINDANGAN, Philippines (AP) — A poor Filipino blacksmith's son who stands less than 2 feet (60 centimeters) tall was declared the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records on his 18th birthday Sunday, sparking a celebration in his hometown.

The title was bestowed on Junrey Balawing in Sindangan in the southern Philippines, with his parents, villagers and officials showering the coastal town's newly famous resident with a feast of roasted pigs and seafood, cake, balloons and cash gifts.

Balawing measured 23.5 inches (60 centimeters) during the ceremony attended by about 100 villagers and journalists at the town hall. Guinness World Records representative Craig Glendaypresented Balawing with official recognition of his status as the shortest adult man in the world, with the framed certificate nearly reaching the ears of the standing recipient.

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