Tuesday, March 16, 2010

  Longest beard - world record set by Bhai Sarwan Singh

  SURREY, BC, Canada -- Bhai Sarwan Singh , head priest at Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh temple, was on the set of Italy's 'The Show of Records' where his beard was measured eight feet in length - setting the new world record for the Longest beard .

 Photo: Bhai Sarwan Singh, head priest at Guru Nanak Sikh temple, on the set of Italy’s ‘The Show of Records’ where his beard was measured eight feet in length, a new World Record. ( enlarge photo )

   Singh got into the Guinness world records book in 2008 when his beard ran to about seven feet eight inches long, measured from the tip of his chin to the end of his beard.  

  While in Rome for the shooting of The Show of Records, a program featuring Guinness record holders, someone pulled out a tape and measured the hirsute appendage.

His beard was measured eight feet in length, two inches longer than his previous record, a new World Record.

 Singh originally had to be talked into going for the record. "It's not a talent, like playing music," he objected. "It's a gift from God."

   But it was an opportunity to publicize the Sikh faith which opposes cutting facial hair, so he relented. Singh, who has never shaved in his life, wasn't sure exactly how long his beard was until 2008.

   Normally, he keeps his beard rolled up or over his shoulder, but if he wears it down the front, his whiskers will brush the floor. He said he's done nothing special to encourage his beard to grow, calling it his "favourite body part."

   The all-time longest known beard was 17-and-a-half feet. It belonged to Norwegian-Born Hans Langseth, who wore it over one shoulder and down one arm. When Langseth died in 1927 his beard was donated to the Smithsonian museum in the U.S.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010