One again, the spotlight has been turned on the Philippines which recently successfully made record for the most number of sky lanterns released in one single event, and (will) undoubtedly and timely for the world's fastest jigsaw puzzle maker, Filipino businesswoman Georgina Gil-Lacuna.
Guinness World Records adjudicator Seyda Subasi-Gemici declared that the 15,185 sky lanterns flown from the football field of UP Visayas in Miag-ao town of Iloilo province has set a new world record. This moves the world record at a higher notch and grabs it away from previous holder Romania which witnessed a total of 12,740 sky lanterns in June 2012.
The night event, viewed and participated by approximately 20,000 people, was organized by Middle Way Meditation Institute and different local partners who initially campaigned for world peace attainment through finding inner peace.
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On another record, 61-year-old Lacuna is currently working on a 32,000-piece puzzle which measures 17 by 6 feet wide and features retrospective brightly colored images of Keith Haring’s artwork. She aims to finish this extremely large world jigsaw puzzle before July 2013, in time for the Guinness.
“I never knew that at the age of 61, I’ll be Guinness record holder,” she revealed.
