Masters Of Thai Massage Attempt To Set New World Record
584 masseuses gathered on Kata Beach in Thailand on Friday 19th August 2011 to set an unofficial and unprecedented new world record of the most people simultaneously performing a Thai massage.
The standing world record was set in March 2011 in Australia, with 232 pairs of hands, but this has been doubled by the hundreds of hands working in unison in Thailand. The reason that exactly 584 people were invited to join the event is very special; ‘5’ represents the birthday of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej and ‘84’ represents the age of the king this year, the world’s longest-reigning monarch.
The event was held on the picturesque Kata Beach, the perfect location for a relaxing massage for those lucky hotel guests who received the free massages. The event carried on into the evening, with health exhibitions presented by a range of spas from the surrounding area, including Phuket and Krabi.
This occasion was the third of five such events to make up the ‘Nuad (massage) Thai for World Record’ campaign, organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand. The country can now invite Guinness World Records to watch and accredit their official world record attempt in November 2011, to be held in Bangkok. This memorable occasion was a testament to the passion that the locals have for the art of massage.
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