Dubai has broken the world record for the world’s longest graffiti scroll measuring 2,245.40 metres in length.
More than 150 graffiti artists from around the world took part using at least 7,000 spray paint cans to create the graffiti scroll which is almost three times the height of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.
The move was made under the directive of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, as part of the celebration of the 43rd UAE National Day.
It took more than one hour to measure the whole scroll at more than 2km. But for Guinness World Record adjudicator Praveen Patel, the task was worth the while.
Patel told Gulf News. “It was an absolutely fantastic effort by a multi-national team of graffiti artists. And to put them together to produce a single piece, that’s phenomenal. I haven’t seen any record like this.”
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