Just in case you’re ever on a televised quiz show and are asked who holds the Guinness World Record for Largest Human Flower, let it be known that the record belongs to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California.
The museum held an event called Lotus Live on July 15, and with more than 2,400 people made a massive lotus flower. The record was previously held by the Rochester Lilac Festival on May 9, 2014, when 2,297 people gathered to make a human flower.
The event was a celebration of the museum’s Flower Power art exhibition, a work of art with human participation and a public demonstration all at once. The museum chose the lotus as the event’s symbol because the flower has been a symbol of transcendence and incorruptibility in Asian art for centuries and represents the values that have long united the San Francisco Community.
The Asian Art Museum’s Flower Power exhibition showcases works of art that feature botanical, and especially floral, imagery and themes. This exhibition will show through Oct. 1.
See a video of the LOTUS LIVE event below!
