On 23rd March 2012, a group of Pakistani
students have painted the Largest Painting of the World. The painting featuring mosaics
of small pictures of the Pakistani culture and historical places, turns out to
be a big Pakistani flag. The painting measuring 42,000 square feet was made on
a canvas by a group of 1200 male and female students at Hockey Stadium Lahore
on Friday. The organizers claimed to have set a new world
record breaking previous record of 34,000 square feet painting created in Nigeria (2010),
acclaimed by the Guinness World Records.
The venue was National Hockey Stadium in Lahore and the world’s largest painting was
accomplished in seven hours. The organizers claimed that the according to the
rules of GWR, an architect appointed for the job measures the painting. Also as
per GWR requirements international procedure had been followed and the aerial
view of the artwork and videos were sent to the Guinness World Records and they
had declared it a new record.
It was the culmination of the “3rd Annual
Street Art Competition” which started on March 4, in Lahore. The event was an initiative by the Message Welfare Trust and supported by Master Paints and aptly titled “The
Colors of Pakistan”, an effort to show the ‘softer side’ of the country and to
bring the youth together to send a positive message of peace and solidarity
with the global village.
