Offbeat: "India Catholics set world record for 40 hour singing marathon" (+ pics)

Time for a bit of Friday fun (note the underlining):

Catholics in southwestern India have set a new world record by singing non-stop for 40 hours, UCA News reports.

Priests, religious, and laypeople started singing on January 27, managing to eclipse the previous 36-hour record set by a Brazilian Christian group in 2004. - CNA

Does this count as an ecumenical competition? I wonder.

The previous world record was held by the group "Communidade Evangelica Luterana" in San Paolo, Brazil.

I discovered this page which has dozens of hilarious photos of the crazy event. What a world.

Looks like the whole town was in on the fun!