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Bosnia lays claim to world kissing record
Sarajevo: Organisers of and event in which almost 7,000 couples kissed simultaneously in a Bosnian town said their effort deserved a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
A total of 6,980 couples kissed for 10seconds at the main square of the northeastern town of Tuzla, some 120 Kmnorth of Sarajevo, said a local radio satiation kameleon which organised the event. Clerics called for a boycott of the event, arguing it was not in line with Muslim tradition. Muslims account for 44percent of Bosnia’s 3.8 million population. Tuzla mayor Jasmin Imamovic took part in the event with his wife.
“People are longing for love. The time has come that besides the Philippines and Hungary someone from southeastern Europe breaks the kissing record,” he said before the event.
The Philippines and Hungary are known for their rivalry for the kissing crown. The Asian country set the Guinness world record in February 2004 with 5,327 couples, but were over taken by Hungary responded again in June, when it produced 6,613 smooching couples.