Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Residents of Bukit Gombak Constituency of Singapore, set a record for making the largest sky lantern made of balloons. The sky lantern measuring 2.2 m wide and 3.3 m high, was made for the grand Lantern Festival celebration at the Bukit Gombak Sports Centre, Singapore, as confirmed on May 16, 2023.

A large group of elderly people of Singapore set a record by being the largest elderly group playing ukulele together at a picnic in Gardens By The Bay, Singapore. As many as 204 people from 52 to 80 years of age, performed together on the occasion, as confirmed on May 15, 2023.

Toa Payoh East Youth Network of Singapore set a record for maximum people brewing blooming tea together at the mid-autumn festival. As many as 502 participants brewed the tea together, using blooming flower tea, under the moonlit sky, as confirmed on May 15, 2023.

Staff of Asia Pacific Breweries, Singapore set a record for taking the largest wefie of a group on the ‘Away Day’ retreat at Equarius Hotel, Singapore. It also marked the 90th anniversary of the Tiger Beer, Singapore’s most popular beer. At the event, the staff managed to take a wefie with 240 clear faces, as confirmed on May 15, 2023.

People of Admiralty constituency of Singapore set a record by organising the longest chain of hand-painted lanterns at Lantern Festival at Vista Park, Singapore. They worked with community partners to hand-paint 1,688 lanterns, which were arranged like a long dragon of over 500 m, as confirmed on May 15, 2023.

Commanders of Basic Military Training Centre at Pulau Tekong, Singapore set a record for maximum people doing Buddha claps together. As many as 420 people did a cumulative 126,000 overhead claps, as confirmed on May 15, 2023.

Linda Sinrod of Lorton, Virginia, USA, set a record for being the oldest female hockey player. She has been playing hockey for 47 years and is a passionate hockey player even at the age of 82 years, as confirmed on May 15, 2023.

Jeremy Ware of USA set a record for playing the farthest backwards shot in basketball at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. It covered a whopping 26.06 metres (85.5 ft) and landed at the farthestother end of the court, as confirmed on May 15, 2023.

John Jepkema of Colorado, USA, set a record for being the oldest person to cross the Grand Canyon on foot. He performed the rim-to-rim trek beside his other senior friends, spending five days backpacking through the trails with the group, at the age of 91 years and 152 days, as confirmed on May 15, 2023.

Dani Reynolds of Australia, set a record for creating the world’s widest wig. The wig measuring 2.58 m (8 ft 6 in) was made of synthetic hair and giant pink bows, as confirmed on May 15, 2023.