KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 25 June) – Known for its huge copper and gold deposits, the laidback town of Tampakan in South Cotabato province has broken the Guinness World Records for most pedicures given in eight hours.
At least 160 nail technicians pedicured 1,223 individuals to break the Guinness record.
Canada held the Guinness record since 2015 with 1,083 pedicures.
Tampakan town attempted to break the Guinness World Records last June 15 in line with the Tamfaken Lum’alay Festival in celebration of the town’s 55th foundation anniversary.
The record-breaking attempt was held at the municipal gymnasium.
Tampakan Mayor Leonard Escobillo thanked those who participated in their successful bid to break the most number of pedicures in the world.
Kazuyoshi “Kazu” Kirimura of Japan, a Guinness adjudicator, made the official announcement in a video that was posted at the Facebook page of the Tampakan local government unit last Saturday, June 22.
“Congratulations, you are officially amazing,” Kirimura said.
Tampakan is a second class municipality with a population of 41,018 as of the 2020 census, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.
It is known to host the largest undeveloped copper-gold minefield in Southeast Asia, a controversial mining project discovered in the 1990s. An open-pit mining ban imposed by the provincial government of South Cotabato since 2010 has hampered the start of commercial mining production. Sagittarius Mines, Inc. is pursuing the mining project through a financial and technical assistance agreement granted by the Philippine government. (Bong S. Sarmiento / MindaNews)
