Watch: Ilocanos bid for world record for longest boodle fight

Some 30,000 Ilocanos last Friday gathered in Laoag City in Ilocos Norte to take part in the world's longest boodle fight.

A boodle fight, which has origins in the Philippine military, is a type of banquet in which the food is laid out (usually on banana leaves) down the center of long tables for everyone to take from.

For this record atttempt, a row of food-laden tables stretching for five kilometers was set up along the main roads of the city, GMA Ilocos' Argie Lorenzo reported.

Participants partook of Ilokano dishes such as igado (pork tenderloin and pig's innards), pinakbet and rice.



The bid, which aimed to beat the current record held by Camarines Norte at 2.65 kilometers, is also an attempt to show Laoag folks' sense of unity.

Organizers have documented the bid and submitted it to Guinness World Records. — Joel Locsin/BM, GMA News