Having breezed through several world records in the culinary field Lebanon has now gone for the big one — the world’s largest national flag, so huge it needed an airfield.
The Lebanese military released a picture taken from the air of the massive flag, stitched in Kuwait, assembled in Lebanon and covering 65,000m2 unfurled.
Morocco is the current holder of the Guinness world record for the largest flag, at a mere 60,000m2, a Lebanese military spokesman said.
Photo: AFP LEBANESE ARMY
Now Lebanon’s bid for the title has been displayed at Rayak air base in the east of the country, in the presence of a representative of the Guinness World Records book.
The country’s green cedar emblem in the flag’s center alone covers an area of 10,452m2, the same figure as the country’s surface area in square kilometers.
Tiny Lebanon has both a troubled past and a history of setting the bar high in the record-breaking department.
It already holds records for the largest tabbouleh salad (more than 3.5tonnes,) and has also served up a two-tonne platter of the chickpea-based dip hummus.
Non-vegetarians are catered for as well: in August last year Lebanon gained an entry in the Guinness book for producing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and cracked wheat.
Now it would appear to have cracked the flag record too.
(afp)
在烹飪界輕鬆地拿下幾個世界紀錄後，黎巴嫩正進行創造另一項世界紀錄─製造世界上最大的國旗。這面國旗大到需要以飛機場才攤得開。
黎巴嫩軍方公佈了這張巨大無比國旗的空照圖。國旗不同部分於科威特編織，並在黎巴嫩組裝，整片展開可覆蓋六萬五千平方公尺的面積。
黎巴嫩軍事發言人表示，目前保有世界上最大面國旗的紀錄是摩洛哥，僅有六萬平方公尺。
目前黎巴嫩的這企圖展示於領土東方的拉亞克空軍基地，現場有一位金市世界紀錄的代表人。
黎巴嫩國旗中央的國輝是棵雪松，光是這棵雪松的面積就一萬零四百五十二坪方公尺，這數字等同該國以平方公尺計算的國土面積。
小小的黎巴嫩雖然有著動盪的過去，但談到創紀錄卻不落人後。
黎巴嫩已經創下全世界最大的塔博勒莎拉紀錄（重量高達三噸半），並且也製作了成在大盤子上，總重達兩公噸的豆泥。
至於非素食者也有份。黎巴嫩去年八月份，也因為做了有史以來最大的kebbe肉丸─以剁碎的肉跟磨碎的穀物製作而成─，而在金氏世界紀錄上留名。
顯然現在又要拿下世上最大國旗的紀錄了。
（法新社／翻譯：吳岱璟）
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