Friday, December 4, 2009

Most people singing the same song in different languages-Glasgow University sets world record

 GLASGOW, UK -- More than 200 people (staff and students) at Glasgow University sang Auld Lang Syne in 41 languagesi-setting the world record for the Most people singing the same song in different languages .

 Photo: Staff and students at Glasgow University sang Auld Lang Syne in 41 languages, including Gaelic, Czech, Estonian, Esperanto, Latin and Thai.
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University principal Anton Muscatelli said: "We are delighted that so many international staff and students of the University of Glasgow helped make this new world record for the Most people singing the same song in different languages possible.

   "Singing Robert Burns' international anthem was a fitting way to end the year of Homecoming."     

    Other languages sung at the event were: Persian, Arabic, Malay, Vietnamese, Frisian, Hindi, Urdu, Irish Gaelic, Romanian, Scots, Welsh, Ukrainian, Yoruba, Swahili, Catalan, Bangla, Maori, Chichewa, Georgian, and Igbo.

Auld Lang Syne was written by Robert Burns in 1788. It was later set to the tune of a Scottish folk song.

   The event took place to mark the end of the Hunterian Museum's Homecoming Burns exhibition.