Thousands set drumming record

Percussionists in India have banged their way into the Guinness Book of Records.

They set a new world record in Shillong, north east India, for the largest number of people drumming at the same time.



The 7,951 drummers, schoolchildren and members of the police, performed an orchestrated piece called Positive Vibrations composed by local musician, Rudy Wallang.

Guinness adjudicator Michael Whitty presented a certificate to RG Lyngdoh, the region's tourism minister, who clearly thought he had won an Oscar.

But he's every right to feel proud, as his drummers beat the previous Hong Kong record in February 2005 by a thumping 200.

There's a slideshow here.