Shillong tries hand at world record in drum beating

Guwahati, Oct 18 (UNI) Exactly a week after the festival of Deepawali, it seems all the drummers from across the world will be converging on Shillong.

Shillong, the Scotland of the East, is attempting to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by bringing together thousands of drummers on the occasion of the Autumn Festival.

The Vice-Chairman of the Meghalaya Tourism Development Forum (MTDF) Larsing M, the organiser of the Autumn festival, told mediapersons that around 8,000 drummers were excepted to participate in the event.

''They would collectively play the tune 'Positive Vibrations' composed by Rudy Walang for five minutes to be able to enter the record book,'' Secretary of the MTDF Ailban S Mawkhroh informed.

It will be an awesome sight and unprecedented decibel of sound when they would perform in the Nehru Stadium in the Polo ground. The current record is of 7,727 drummers.

The Guinness authorities are also sending their representatives for the event as Shillong gets ready for an elaborate attempt.

''Positive thinking will produce a positive result,'' is the motto of Autumn Festival, which has been organised by the MTDF in conjunction with a group of individuals and business houses to bring to the fore tourism-related activities throughout the sate.

MTDF has decided to hold some events of the festival at Sohra and Jowai to involve the rural sectors, exposing them the benefits of tourism.

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