Sunday, August 22, 2010

Istanbul sets world’s longest, most crowded dinner table

"Istanbul sets world’s longest, most crowded dinner table
The Esenler Municipality in Istanbul has broken a Guiness World Record by organizing the world’s largest and most crowded dinner table.

Some 41,120 people broke their Ramadan fasts at a 10-kilometer-long table, consisting of 7,000 individual tables, at the record-breaking “iftar,” laid in a central area of the district. Atışalanı Street, which continues until Davutpaşa Street, was the only street closed to traffic in the neighborhood as the thousands of fast-breakers all sat down to attempt to break the record for the world’s biggest dinner. "

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