Photo: Staff and students at Glasgow
University sang Auld Lang Syne in 41 languages, including
Gaelic, Czech, Estonian, Esperanto, Latin and Thai.
(enlarge
photo) University principal Anton Muscatelli
said: "We are delighted that so many international staff and
students of the University
of Glasgow helped make this new world record for the
Most
people singing the same song in different languages
possible.
"Singing Robert Burns' international anthem was
a fitting way to end the year of Homecoming."
Other languages sung at the event
were: Persian, Arabic, Malay, Vietnamese, Frisian, Hindi,
Urdu, Irish Gaelic, Romanian, Scots, Welsh, Ukrainian, Yoruba,
Swahili, Catalan, Bangla, Maori, Chichewa, Georgian, and Igbo.
Auld Lang Syne was written by Robert
Burns in 1788. It was later set to the tune of a Scottish
folk song.
The event took place to mark the end of the Hunterian
Museum's Homecoming Burns exhibition.