Human rainbow

A human rainbow is where a group of people form a pattern on the ground by placing themselves in the typical characteristics of a rainbow. For example wearing the colours red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet and forming a rainbow arch at the same time. Some human rainbows are formed in celebration of anniversaries and for charitable purposes. These human rainbows usually involve a large number of people participating and this has resulted in world records being broken. These records are officially recognised by the Guinness World Records.

Records

* In 1997, 6,444 people formed a human rainbow at Transco Tower Park, Houston, Texas, United States.

* On October 6, 2002, 11,273 families, staff, students and including alumni from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University formed a human rainbow at the Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong, China. They organised the human rainbow to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the university and to raise funds for the Children’s Cancer Foundation and the Hong Kong Society for the Aged.
* On November 15, 2003, 11,750 individuals assembled in Floriana, Malta to break the record. The Prime Minister of Malta, Eddie Fenech Adami and members of the opposition also joined in. The money which was raised from the participants went to 23 different charity institutions.

* On September 18, 2004, over 31,000 students, faculty, staff and alumni of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines broke the record previously held by the Maltese. They used the human rainbow to celebrate the university's centennial, which was from 1904 to 2004, and to highlight the signing of the Declaration of Peace which will be submitted to the United Nations.

ee also

* Human chain
* Sydney Body Art Ride

References

;News articles
* Mamanglubi, Shianee (Nov. 19, 2004). [http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN2004091918776.html Students form world’s largest human rainbow] . The Manila Bulletin Online.
* AFP (Nov. 15, 2003). [http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/dr/Qmalta-rainbow.RaFD_DNF.html Maltese claim human rainbow record] . Clarinet News.
* Zahra, Charlot (Nov 15, 2003). [http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=114556&pid=23 Malta breaks world record for largest human rainbow] . di-ve news.

;Websites
* Guinness World Records [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=53123 Largest Human Rainbow] . Retrieved October 3, 2004.
* Hong Kong Polytechnic University [http://www.polyu.edu.hk/cpa/anniversary/rainbow/hr_event.htm We formed the largest Human Rainbow in the world on 6 October 2002 !] . Retrieved October 4, 2004.

External links

* [http://www.pup.edu.ph/humanrainbow/messages.asp Message from Dr. Samuel M. Salvador, Acting President of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines]
* [http://www.pup.edu.ph/humanrainbow/acknowledgment.asp Sponsors and acknowledgement of the Philippine human rainbow]
* [http://www.polyu.edu.hk/anniversary/news_rainbow.htm Photos of the Hong Kong human rainbow]
* [http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?pid=8507&id=8509&rootId=8515&folderId=114546 Photos of the Malta human rainbow]
* [http://www.danieldelicata.org/default.asp?view=11&album=hrb2003 More photos of the Malta human rainbow]