Davao’s ‘Torotot Fest’ to Enter Guinness

Davao City’s first-ever “Torotot Festival” for the New Year is prepared as they try to clinch the Guinness World Record for the most number of people with toy horn blowers that will be set in the evening of December 31 until dawn of January 1, 2014.

“Torotot” means toy horn, which will be used by Dabawenyos in greeting the new year.

The festival aims to surpass the record of Japan, which currently holds the title of “the most number of people simultaneously blowing party blowers” in the Guinness World Records.

The organizers are targeting 8,000 participants who will simultaneously blow their horns for 10 seconds to break the existing record.

The festival is also part of the Dabawenyos’ habit. Rather than using explosive material or fire crackers, they blow toy horns to produce noise during the New Year’s Eve.

From 2008, there are zero casualties of any fireworks-related incidents in Davao City. But this year, a 14-year-old boy sustained injuries after he picked a burnt piccolo that suddenly exploded.

Authorities of Davao City have strictly implemented the firecracker ban, which have recorded not more than five fireworks casualties every year.

The city aims to strengthen the campaign for ‘safer city’ to welcome the New Year.