Largest Painted Easter Egg-world record set
by Suceava city
SUCEAVA City, Romania-- The town-hall of the Municipality
of Suceava inaugurated a glass-fiber Easter egg, 7.25
meters tall, 4.6 meters in diameter and weighing 1.8 tones,
decorated with traditional patterns – establishing the world
record for the Largest
Painted Easter Egg.
Photo: The Largest Painted Easter
Egg
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photo)
The Mayor of Suceava,
Ion Lungu, said that this work is a symbol for Suceava,
indicating the fact that the painting on the egg, which was
performed with the approval of IPSPimen Suceveanul,
uses the traditional colors, red symbolizing the blood of
Jesus Christ, black – eternity, and yellow – the light.
The Archbishop
of Suceava and Radauti, IPS Pimen Suceveanul,
who performed the religious service, indicated that the world
record painted Egg is “a work of art” and spoke of the man’s
need for beauty, underlining the fact that there is no place
where the Easter eggs are painted more beautifully than in
Bucovina.
The Chairman of the District
Council of Suceava, Gheorghe Flutur, appreciated
the effort of the municipality of performing “a monument-egg”
being a symbol for Bucovina.
“What we see here is an exteriorization
of our sensitivity, just the way we think”, Gheorghe Flutur
also said.
The representative of World Records Academy,
who homologated the record, declared: “It is a great honor
for me to represent the World Records Academy in Suceava,
in the fortress of Stefan
the Great and Saint. There is probably no other place
where the (Orthodox) Easter traditions are so well kept and
so vibrant, as here, in the heart of Bucovina."
"This was proved today as well
by the creation of this symbol of the Bucovinian traditions
– the 7.25 meter high painted Easter egg."
“On behalf of the World Records Academy,
I congratulate you for having established this new world record:
the Largest Painted Easter Egg”, stated the representative
of the World Records Academy.
She handed over to the mayor of the Municipality
of Suceava, Ion Lungu, the certificate whereby
the world record is recognized.
For the first time since President
Barack Obama's Inaugural Address and for the 1st time
ever at a popular event outside the US, the World Records
Academy's team has used two GigaPan systems to create few
over 1 Gigapixels, up to 400 photos-large and over 22.000
files-big panorama pictures of the world record breaking event.
(enlarge
the Giga panorama, click here)
The giant panorama can be also seen in Google
Earth.
GigaPan was developed by Carnegie Mellon University
in collaboration with NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group,
with support from Google. GigaPan is the newest development
of the Global Connection Project, which aims to help
us meet our neighbors across the globe, and learn about our
planet itself.
The two world records established by
local authorities in the County of Suceava (the Largest
Painted Easter Egg and the Largest Easter Pasca)
are part of a series of manifestations organized within a
tourism promotion program in the County of Suceava, entitled
“Easter in Bucovina” and performed by the District
Council of Suceava in partnership with the Archiepiscopacy
of Suceava and Radauti, the Ministry
of Tourism and 40 town-halls in the county.
