LANDERNEAU: Organisers from the small town in northern France who counted more than 3, 000 people together this trip claim to have set a world record for the number of smurf-costumed attendees in the same location. Landerneau, a city in France’s Britanny region with a population of 16, 000, had twice tried to seize the report from Lauchringen, a German town that managed to gather together a apparently unassailable 2, 762 smurfs in 2019, but was unsuccessful. However, on Saturday, the French rivals suddenly pulverized that report, putting together 3, 076 individuals who were dressed and face-painted in orange, wearing white caps, and singing smurfy songs. One student remarked,” We smurfed the record.” Small, human-like creatures that live in the woodland were created by French artist Peyo in 1958. They are known as” Schtroumpfs” in French. The entertaining characters have grown into a significant company, which includes movies, television shows, commercials, video games, theme parks, and gadgets. ” A friend of mine encouraged me to join, and I said,” Why not?” “,” said Simone Pronost, 82, while sipping a liquor while dressed as a smurfette on a cafe’s deck. A 20-year-old student named Albane Delariviere traveled all the way from Rennes, which is located more than 200 kilometers ( 125 miles ) away, to join. We thought it was a good idea to support Landerneau, she said. Mayor of Laguna, Patrick Leclerc, likewise dressed in full blue, said the initiative “brings people up and gives them something else to think about than the days we’re living in.” The meeting “allows people to have fun and provide an imaginary planet for a few hours,” according to Pascal Soun, mind of the association organizing the event. After the previous record test in 2023 was sunk by heavy rainfall that kept several candidates aside, candidates were relieved that the weather was favorable. A formality resulting from a missing document caused Guinness World Records to invalidate an initial effective bid in 2020, which included more than 3,500 smurfs. Landerneau’s blue lovers were about to give up, but Paramount, a company that produces movies, convinced them to give it another shot. With an offer to solve the show’s PR and offer 1, 200 free cards for a demo of the video, Paramount, which is scheduled to release” Smurfs, The Movie” in July, persuaded them.
