PHNOM PENH, Nov 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, yesterday, congratulated a local circus troupe, on being recorded in the Guinness Book of Records for achieving the world’s “longest circus show.”
In a news release, the ministry said, the Guinness World Records, announced in a livestream on Thursday, that the world’s “longest circus show,” 24 hours, 10 minutes and 30 seconds, was achieved by the Phare Ponleu Selpak, a local non-profit circus organisation, during a performance in north-west Battambang province between Mar 7 and Mar 8, 2021.
“Congratulations on your hard work, as well as, professional genius. May you all continue your mission successfully,” Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, Phoeurng Sackona, said.
Phare Ponleu Selpak said, in a press release that, the Guinness World Records officially granted the title to the organisation, after they completed their year-long assessment of 131 pages and 25 videos of evidence.
The Guinness World Records said on its website that, the Phare Ponleu Selpak is an organisation founded by Cambodian refugees, to help children through war traumas and to restore the country’s culture and education.
It said, the organisation has educated over 800 disadvantaged children and trained hundreds more in the visual, musical and performing arts, to help lift hundreds of families out of poverty and to keep the Cambodian culture alive.
The organisation has taken innovative steps in the last decade, to avoid dependence on handouts, by creating a popular animal-free circus and tourist attraction, which has funded their life-saving programmes, it added.– NNN-AKP
