Guangxi bids for Guinness record of world's largest drum

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Workers clean the surface of what is said to be the world's largest drum. [Photo/CFP]

Guangxi bids for Guinness record of World's largest drum

Chinese in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region are claiming that this bronze drum is world's largest bronze drum ever made. It measures at 4.2 meters in diameter, 2.6 meters in height.

The gigantic drum took the effort of 20 workers sacrificing more than six months to complete.

On Jan 16, the drum will ship to Guilin city, Guangxi for a review by the Guinness Book of Record for the title of the world's largest drum.

Twenty workers spent more than six months to complete this drum. [Photo/CFP]

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