ブラジャー１１万枚を結んで世界記録 キプロス

ブラジャー１１万枚を結んで世界記録　キプロス
2006.05.01
Web posted at: 14:24 JST
-AP

キプロス、パポス（ＡＰ）　乳がんに対する意識を高めようと、キプロス共和国で４月３０日、１１万４０００枚のブラジャーを結びつけ、鎖をつくるイベントがあった。主催者は、世界記録としてギネスブックへの登録を申請する。

これまでの「ブラ結び」の世界記録は、２００３年にシンガポールで達成された７万９０００枚。

この日は、早朝から数百人が、海岸沿いの街パポスの小港に参集。世界中から寄付された色とりどりのブラジャーを結び合わせた。

「がんは必ずしも死につながらない。無頓着が死を招く」。乳がんで母親を亡くした女性が、母親と自分のを結び合わせた２つのブラジャーに書いたメッセージを読み上げると、会場からは大きな支持の声があがった。

キプロスでは、毎年約３００人が、新たに乳がん患者と診断されている。医師たちは、早期発見が生存のカギを握るとしている。

キプロスで世界最長のブラの鎖がギネス記録更新
10:17 JST

　［パフォス　３０日　ロイター］　地中海のキプロス共和国で３０日、女性たちが、乳がんの認知度を高めるキャンペーンの一環として、１１万５０００枚近くのブラジャーをつなげて長さ１１１キロメートルのブラの鎖を作り、ギネス記録を更新した。主催者らが明らかにした。

　オランダ、英国、キプロスのグループによる主催者らは、約９時間かけてブラの鎖を作成。

　これまでの記録は２００３年にシンガポールで達成された７万９０００枚。

　今回の記録更新に使用されたブラは、アラスカやブラジル、イランなどの女性から寄付された。

　毎年、乳がんで亡くなる女性は世界で約４０万人。専門家は、特に５０歳以上の女性にとって、定期検診を受けることが、乳がんの早期発見のために極めて重要だと指摘している。

114,000 bras strapped up to fight cancer
Monday, May 1, 2006 Posted: 0228 GMT (1028 HKT)

PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) -- Campaigners in Cyprus on Sunday said they had created the world's longest chain of bras to raise awareness of breast cancer and win a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

The activists said they managed to string together 114,000 bras, beating the record of 79,000 bras held in Singapore since 2003.

"We know how many bras we have and we have beaten the record," said Gina Ghillyer, an activist with the local cancer patients support group that organized the event.

Hundreds of people assembled at this seaside city's small harbor early Sunday to help form a colorful chain of bras donated from around the world.

There are 300 new cases of breast cancer in Cyprus every year and doctors believe early detection is vital for chances of survival.

"Cancer does not necessarily kill, negligence will," said activist Louisa van Rooij.

Many in the crowd cried when Rooij read a message in support of the cause from a woman dying from breast cancer.

She had written the message on two bras linked together -- one belonging to her and the other to her mother, who had already died from breast cancer.

Women break bra world record
Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:45 PM BST

PAPHOS, Cyprus (Reuters) - Women on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus created the world's longest chain of bras of Sunday, linking together nearly 115,000 of the garments covering 111 km (70 miles), organisers said.

The group of Dutch, British and Cypriot organisers took nearly nine hours to create the chain at the harbour in the resort of Paphos, following a year of painstaking planning.

Their success will shove Singapore, which had held the record since 2003 with 79,000 bras, off the top spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Women from as far afield as Alaska, Brazil, Martinique and Iran contributed bras to the record attempt, aimed at raising awareness of breast cancer.

Even the British solders based in Cyprus took part helping organisers move the bags of bras and lay the chain.

"I can't believe we really did it," said Louise van Rooij, a Dutch resident of Cyprus, one of the two women whose idea it was to attempt to break the record.

A logistics company carried out the official count to certify the record attempt on Saturday. The final count was 114,782, van Rooij said.

The bras will be stored in Cyprus and organisers will contact the Red Cross to find them a good home, van Rooij said.

Organisers are also building up a database which will send out SMS text alerts to women in high-risk groups and schedule online screenings. They have collected 4,000 names so far.

Breast cancer kills about 400,000 women worldwide each year. Doctors say regular screening, particularly for women over 50, is vital for early detection crucial to survival rates.