World’s largest peace dove soars with new Guinness record

The organizing committee responsible for The Peace and Sport Dubai Forum 2013 was handed the certificate for the largest buttons mosaic in the world.

March 13, 2013
World’s largest peace dove soars with new Guinness record
World’s largest peace dove soars with new Guinness record

Fatma Al Dubais





DUBAI – The organizing committee responsible for The Peace and Sport Dubai Forum 2013 was handed the certificate for the largest buttons mosaic in the world. The Mosaic depicts a peace dove in the colours of the United Arab Emirates using plastic buttons.



The feat was executed with the support of Emaar, which had provided a distinct location at “Burj Plaza” across the “Burj Khalifa”, and was spearheaded by Fareed Lafta one of Peace & Sports global ambassadors for peace with the help and participation of hundreds of volunteers from different nationalities who laid the buttons over 10 days.



The Mosaic symbolises peace, love and harmony, factors that represent the role played by Dubai and the United Arab Emirates in the world and embody its oasis of peace and security and the convergence of the people who call the UAE their home where residents from more than 200 nationalities living in harmony as one community. – SG


March 13, 2013
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