Colourful Holy Week carpet made entirely of sawdust and flowers declared a World Record..

UK Daily Mail ^ | April 18, 2014 | Sarah Gordon

[C19fan]

They are the colourful carpets used to coat the streets of Guatemala's cities during their iconic Easter Holy Week processions. And this year the strongly Catholic country has a new reason to celebrate - it has been recognised by Guinness World Records for producing the longest sawdust carpet in the world. Using 5,000 volunteers to create it, as well as 54 tonnes of sawdust, the record-breaking carpet measure a whopping 6,600ft - more than 2,000ft longer than the previous record holder.

[C19fan]

I have been to Guatemala a few times although not during Holy Week; it is HOT during that time of year. I would recommend as a place to visit except it a a really violent country. Just as a correction to the article, half the country are actually Protestants now.

[afraidfortherepublic]

[DManA]

If they are seeking approval from a beer company I’m thinking they may have lost sight of the original intention of the practice.

[NCC-1701]

And then some a—hole came along and, with a stick, ran the entire length dragging the stick down the middle of that work of art. When he reached the end, there was a group of very unhappy people that made him wish he’d never been born.