Cambodia won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records Sunday for a 1 , 100- metre ( 3, 600-foot) long version of the country’ s popular krama scarf ....
Supported by a youth movement with links to the nation ’s ruling party, more than 23 , 000 people took part in the six - month weaving marathon outside Phnom Penh’ s Royal Palace . Thousands of young people then rolled out the krama along a street in the capital Sunday for a visiting Guinness official to measure the garment.
“With 1 ,149. 8 meters , you have set a new Guinness World Record!” Swapnil Dangarikar , a Guinness adjudicator , told a large cheering crowd. Long- serving Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier gave his own blessing to the campaign by weaving a few strands of thread into the scarf .
Cambodia won a place in the Guinness book of World Records on July 1 for a 1 ,000 - metre long version of the country ’s famed scarf the krama . Youngest son Hun Many , a fast-rising potential successor to his father , represented the 65 - year- old premier at Sunday ’s event .
“This Guinness World Record is for all Cambodians ,” he said at the event . In recent years Hun Sen has tried hard to court the nation ’ s youth, launching a Facebook page and displaying a lighter , more approachable side in public. The Guinness event comes just weeks before a highly controversial election that Hun Sen , who has ruled for 33 years, is poised to win after backing the dissolution of the opposition party last year.
Analysts say the prime minister is also trying to build a political dynasty by priming his three sons in leadership positions . His eldest son Hun Manet was on Saturday promoted to two senior and powerful military posts while his second son Hun Manit is the head of a powerful military intelligence unit.....
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