Sto. Tomas’ ‘longest grill’ record is in Guinness Book
STO. TOMAS–A dream come true for the smallest town in the province.
This town now holds the Guinness World Record for the longest grill with its 3,803.96-meter corn grill set up during its centennial fiesta celebration last February 11.
“We dreamed, we dared and we worked hard to achieve our goal. And now, we would like to officially announce to you that we made it,” said Mayor Vivien Villar during a press conference on Thursday following the groundbreaking ceremony for the marker that will be put up for the Guinness feat.
The official certificate for the record from the London-based Guinness World Records Ltd. Was received by the mayor on Wednesday afternoon.
“The longest barbecue measured 3,803.96 m (12480 ft 2 in) and was created by Municipality of Santo Tomas (Philippines) in Santo Tomas, Pangasinan, Philippines on 11 February 2008,” reads the certificate.
“This made our centennial celebration last February truly a most memorable moment in our life we proved to the whole world that size is not a hindrance to achieve one’s goal in life,” said Villar.
She credited the townsfolk citing their “oneness in vision in action and in purpose” that made dreams come true.
Vice Mayor Timoteo “Dick” Villar III, who chaired the Corn Festival celebration, added, “We won because we persevered and we were united”.
CORN CAPITAL
The town is now hopeful that with the Guinness Record, they can now make a claim to being the “Corn Capital of the World”.
“If Dagupan City, also a record holder in 2003, is known as the bangus capital of the world, our town, using our white glutinous corn product, shall also be known as having the sweetest corn in the world,” Villar said.
The town has 352 hectares of hybrid yellow corn farms and another 15 hectares planted to white glutinous corn, the variety used for the grilling.
The record was previously held by Montevideo, Uruguay for its 1493.2-meter asado grill set up at the “Rural del Prado,” a rodeo located in the middle of one of the city’s public parks.
Meanwhile, Villar said her husband, Undersecretary Antonio Villar Jr, chief of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group, has given the town a new Ford ambulance marked Rescue 101.#
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