Date : 10/11/2012
(With photos)
KUWAIT, Nov 10 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait broke a Guinness World Record
by organizing the biggest firework show in the world.
Kuwait fired this evening 77,282 firework projectiles in the biggest ever
firework show in the world, to mark the 50th anniversary of its national
Constitution.
Carim Valerio, the representative of the Guinness World Record, handed a
relevant distinction certificate to Undersecretary of the Amiri Diwan
Abdulaziz Ishaq during the event.
The festive celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Kuwait's Constitution
started Saturday afternoon on the coastal Gulf Road, with large numbers of
Kuwaiti citizens joining in.
The sky of Kuwait was lit up with a terrific fireworks display, along with
vessels and boats giving an accompanying show in the waters of the Arabian
Gulf.
The festival also featured artistic and sports activities, with light and
laser shows amazingly reflecting on Kuwait Towers and nearby buildings in
synchronization with music.
Furthermore, excerpts of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad
Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's speech to the nation earlier in the day were broadcasted,
as the National Anthem was played with - green, red, white and black - the
colors of the Kuwaiti flag adorning the Kuwait Towers.
Colorful flags and patriotic banners decorated all of the Gulf Road, which
was closed to cars and vehicles, thus giving way to people on foot only.
Kuwait's constitution was issued on November 11, 1962 upon a decree from
the then-Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the 11th ruler of Kuwait.
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