PHILIPPINES: COUPLES REPEAT LAST YEAR'S RECORD OF MASS KISSING ON EVE OF ST VALENTINE'S DAY

Record ID: 861215

  • Title: PHILIPPINES: COUPLES REPEAT LAST YEAR'S RECORD OF MASS KISSING ON EVE OF ST VALENTINE'S DAY
  • Date: 18th February 2005
  • Summary: (W1) MANILA, PHILIPPINES (FEBRUARY 13, 2005) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FILIPINO COUPLES PUTTING DOWN THEIR NAMES FOR THE RECORD CHALLENGE COUPLES PUT STICKERS ON FACES COUPLES WAITING TO BE REGISTERED PARTICIPANT SHOWING CLOSE-UP LIPS STICKER KISSING BOOTH
  • Embargoed: 5th March 2005 12:00
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  • Location: MANILA/DAVAO/CEBU/ANGELES, PHILIPPINES
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  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: Entertainment,Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA6EL6LG3Q5CKIBI7IZYY1MOXZB
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  • Story Text: Couples in the Philippines repeat last year's record of mass kissing on the eve of Valentine's Day.
    About 5,300 kissing couples in Manila smooched their way into the Guinness Book of Records on Sunday (February 13), surpassing the previous world record set in Chile by 4,445 pairs in January 2004.
    In the Philippines capital thousands of couples turned to the Close-up Lovapalooza Two festival specifically for the kissathon.
    The kissing marathon was held simultaneously along a two-kilometre (1.2) mile stretch of a boulevard beside Manila bay and in three other major cities in the country.
    Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, who led last year's event, spearheaded this year's kissing festival which began at the strike of midnight on Sunday.
    The couples were asked to kiss again for 10 seconds, but many extended their smooching beyond the time limit.
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