A Incredible sights in Kathmandu when 35,000 Nepalese
gathered in a field outside Kathmandu on 23rd August 2014 to break a
world record for the World’s biggest human flag.
The previous record for the largest human national flag
stood at 28,957 participants and was set just six months ago at the National
Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. The flag was created by Sports Board
Punjab.
Just over 700 miles separate Lahore from central
Kathmandu in Nepal on 23 August 2014 the flag record was comprehensively
smashed.
More than 35,000 gathered together at the Tudikhel open
ground to create the Nepalese flag. Nepal is the only country in the world
whose flag is not rectangular.
According to its official description, the red in the
flag stands for victory in war or courage, and is also the colour of the
rhododendron, the national flower. The flag's blue border signifies peace.
World’s biggest human flag