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Santa Gathering - Motorcyclists put Portugal in the "Guiness Book of records"

On the past Sunday, December 14, 2003, my fellow motorcyclists helped Portugal to surpass the "Guiness Book of records" world largest Santa Gathering with 5.443 participants !

This record officially belongs to Sweden with 2.685 costume Santas paraded in 2002, although later it was beaten by UK and Taiwan with 3.200 and 3.618 Santas respectively, as stated in the "Guiness Book of records".

Although I wasn't able to assist this gathering I am very proud of it since many members of the Moto Clube Virtual, the MC that I belong, were present, so I made two videos – both with 1,5 minutes but with different quality and download speeds - showing the exact moment that the 1.326 "Santa motorcyclists" paraded this year at Oporto city, in the North of Portugal, helped getting this record.

   Real Video version with 1,6 MB - lower quality (needs Real Player)

    Windows Movie version with 7,9 MB - higher quality (needs Windows Media Player)

(Click the pictures to zoom)
I want to thank João Carvalho for kindly providing me those pictures
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