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Two expatriate platforms are set to attempt distinct records as a tribute to Bahrain, coinciding with the kingdom’s 54th National Day celebrations.
Kannada Sangha Bahrain will compete for a place in the Golden Book of World Records by creating the largest map of Bahrain using food grains.
The event, which is open to the public, will take place on December 16 from 8am at the association’s auditorium in Manama.
Through the initiative, the club hopes to symbolise ‘unity, creativity and cultural harmony’.
Members and volunteers will design a map that is 18 metres long and eight metres wide, under the supervision of Golden Book of World Records Asia head Dr Manish Vishnoi.
Preceding this initiative is an equally exciting event staged by Bahrain’s oldest expatriate educational institution, the Indian School (ISB).
The school will pay a heartfelt tribute to the kingdom as part of its Platinum Jubilee celebrations today.
The centrepiece of the programme will be a human flag formation, involving nearly 3,500 primary section students, also vying for a place in the Golden Book of World Records.
In addition, the ISB will attempt to set the record for the highest number of people saluting the national flag simultaneously and the maximum number of participants chanting a slogan in three languages at the same time.
Of the nearly 650,000 foreigners in the kingdom, the Indian diaspora – comprising around 350,000 nationals – form the largest expatriate community.
Indian nationals, who have called Bahrain home, some for as many as more than four decades, are also coming to the forefront with their tributes. Social media is abuzz with photographs and videos bringing alive the love that expats, such as Anish Mathew, have for Bahrain.
The 32-year-old from Salmabad who captured a striking image of a young Bahraini man astride an Arabian horse, holding the Bahraini flag, against the backdrop of the iconic World Trade Centre in Bahrain Bay. Standing at 240m tall, the WTC is one of the tallest structures in Bahrain.
The entrepreneur, who owns a printing press, has been living here for the last 15 years, with his wife Anu and son Nathan.
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