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The Davao City Torotot Festival is the attempt of Davao City to break Japan's world record for the most number of people simultaneously blowing party horns, or what are more commonly known to Filipinos as ''torotots''. It was first held during the city’s 2014 New Year’s eve celebration at the Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue from 1 pm on December 31, 2013 to 1 am on January 1, 2014.〔Colina, Antonio IV. (“Torotot Festival: Celebrating New Year the safest way” ) ‘’Sun Star’’, Davao City, 4 January 2014. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.〕 Event organizers Local Government of Davao and Smart Communications expected an estimated number of 10,000 attendees to gather for the festival but official records tallied a total number of 7,568 people.〔Tacio, Henrylito. (“Safe from firecrackers, Davao sets torotot record instead’ ) ‘’GMA News Online'', Davao City, 1 January 2014. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.〕 Davao City beat the world record of 6,900 people set by Japan. The Torotot Festival was organized in line with the city’s firecracker and pyrotechnic ban. == Organizers == Telecommunications company Smart Communications partnered with the Local Government Unit of Davao in organizing the festival. To make the Torotot Festival possible, it provided free party horns to its subscribers. Provided party horns are machine readable for registration and official record-keeping.〔 Smart also gave out cash prizes to the villages with the most number of contingents and to the village with the most creative party horns. The village with most registrants received P50,000 while the winners of the most creative party horns were awarded P25,000 for the first prize, P15,000 for the second prize, and P10,000 for the third prize.〔 In the most creative party horns contest, Barangay Angliongto, Barangay 21-C, and Barangay Los Amigos won first, second, and third places, respectively. In the most number of contingents category, Barangay Communal, Barangay Buhangin, and Barangay Lapu-Lapu won first, second, and third places, respectively.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Davao City Torotot Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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