Men wearing traditional Assamese attire play the khol, a traditional percussion instrument of Assam, as they participate in an attempt to create a Guinness record, in Titabar, about 350 kilometers (219 miles) east of Gauhati on Sunday. A total of 14,833 people participated in the event which has already created an Indian record, according to officials.
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The men played the Khol in unison for 15 minutes.
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The participants, between 11 to 80 years, were dressed in the traditional attire of a dhoti with a thin gold border, kurta, seleng chador (silk shawl), thekeru potia (turban) and gamocha (towel).
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The traditional Khol was introduced by Vaishnava saint Sankardeva.
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A man arranges the head gear of another before playing the khol.
