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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Dubai plans to break record for fireworks display on Jan 01,2014

Dubai plans to break the Guinness World Record for the "largest fireworks display" on New Year's Eve on December 31,2013
The show will start with a six-minute display choreographed across the whole of The Palm Jumeirah and The World Islands.

Over 200 experts, 400 firing locations and 100 computers will be connected to a network for the show.

With the aim of safeguarding the safety of residents and visitors, and to allow people to move freely before the display commences, special passes will be provided to every home.


Dubai shattered the world record for the largest ever pyrotechnic display on New Year's Eve with a show involving more than half a million fireworks, Guinness World Records said on Wednesday.



"Ten months in planning, over 500,000 fireworks were used during the display which lasted around six minutes, with Guinness World Records adjudicators on hand to confirm that a new record had been set,"


The display spanned 94 kilometres (58.4 miles) of the Dubai coast, which boasts an archipelago of man-made islands and Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower, Guinness said.


Enough fireworks were launched in the first minute of the display to break the previous record, set by Kuwait in 2011 with an hour-long show of 77,282 fireworks.


The main displays took place at Burj Khalifa and the luxurious Atlantis hotel located in Palm Jumeirah, one of three palm-shaped islands.


US firm Fireworks by Grucci designed the display, Guinness said, using 100 computers and 200 technicians to synchronise the pyrotechnics at a reported cost of around $6 million (4.3 million euros).

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