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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Longest
beard - world record set by Bhai Sarwan Singh
SURREY, BC, Canada -- Bhai Sarwan Singh,
head priest at Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh temple, was on the
set of Italy's 'The Show of Records' where his beard was measured
eight feet in length - setting the new world record for the
Longest
beard. 
Photo: Bhai Sarwan Singh, head priest
at Guru Nanak Sikh temple, on the set of Italy’s ‘The Show
of Records’ where his beard was measured eight feet in length,
a new World Record. (enlarge
photo)
Singh got into the Guinness world records
book in 2008 when his beard ran to about seven feet eight
inches long, measured from the tip of his chin to the end
of his beard.
While in Rome for the shooting of The
Show of Records, a program featuring Guinness record holders,
someone pulled out a tape and measured the hirsute appendage.
His beard was measured eight feet
in length, two inches longer than his previous record, a new
World Record.
Singh originally had to be talked into
going for the record. "It's not a talent, like playing music,"
he objected. "It's a gift from God."
But it was an opportunity to publicize the
Sikh faith which opposes cutting facial hair, so he relented.
Singh, who has never shaved in his life, wasn't sure exactly
how long his beard was until 2008.
Normally, he keeps his beard rolled up or over
his shoulder, but if he wears it down the front, his whiskers
will brush the floor. He said he's done nothing special to
encourage his beard to grow, calling it his "favourite body
part."
The all-time longest known beard was 17-and-a-half
feet. It belonged to Norwegian-Born Hans Langseth, who wore
it over one shoulder and down one arm. When Langseth died
in 1927 his beard was donated to the Smithsonian museum in
the U.S.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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