High School Graduates Beat Another World Record in Quadrille
Slovenia's secondary school graduates broke another world record in quadrille dancing on Friday, as 18,268 filled the streets of 21 towns all around the country.
Last year, around 14,500 youths took part in the record-breaking feat, in what was the fourth such parade and the third consecutive mark for the Guinness Book of World Records.
Wearing traditional orange and black T-shirts, the Slovenian graduates were joined this year by their peers in four other countries, in Austria's Graz, Croatia's Osijek, Metkovic and Pula, Serbia's Kraljevo and Hungary's Szombathely.
As many as 6,016 were dancing in Ljubljana, which is a new record for the capital. Addressing them was Slovenian MEP Borut Pahor, who said that Ljubljana gave rise to this "wonderful idea" that has already caught on in the neighbouring countries.
Pahor (SD/PES) also said that Slovenian representatives in the European Parliament have been promoting the parade in Brussels in order to turn it into an all-European event.
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