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UAE students pose as ‘human boat’ on Children's Day, set Guinness World Record for forming largest image

The children entered the Guinness Book of World Records by forming the largest image composed by humans which from the bird's eye perspective looked like a boat in the colours of the Gulf Arab country.

IANS Reported by: IANS Dubai Updated on: November 14, 2017 17:19 IST
On Children's Day, UAE students pose as ‘human boat’ to
On Children's Day, UAE students pose as ‘human boat’ to set Guinness World Record

Students at an Indian school in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) set a world record on Tuesday by posing as a "human boat" to mark the 128th birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

The Gulf News reported that a total of 4,882 students from the India International School of the Pace Education Group participated in the event by wearing the colours of the UAE National flag which are black, red, green and white at a sports complex in Sharjah city.

The children entered the Guinness Book of World Records by forming the largest image composed by humans which from the bird's eye perspective looked like a boat in the colours of the Gulf Arab country. 

The students, from grade one to eight, will receive a certificate from the Guinness World Records, the report said.

"It is a great achievement for our students. It is probably a once-in-a-lifetime experience for them," school principal Manju Reji said.

"Their life has to go a long way like a boat sailing in an ocean. And the boat is a symbol of the UAE's heritage too. As a symbolic image, we chose the boat for this attempt," the principal added. 

Because the UAE National Day is approaching, Reji said the school decided to use the flag colours to have a joint celebration of both the Children's Day -- Nehru's birthday -- and the UAE National Day.

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