Rice Cake Mosaic

@magallon (19280)
Philippines
December 18, 2017 11:44pm CST
Would you believe that the picture above is a mosaic made from 320,000 bite-sized rice cakes? I was so amazed when I heard this news on TV this morning. This "Puto" Mosaic or Rice Cake Mosaic was made by Kirk Russell Cruz of Calasiao, Pangasinan, here in the Philippines. He was helped by the puto producers and vendors and also the people of the province. This loving image of a grandfather feeding his grandson a rice cake is 208 square meters and was intended to beat the Guinness’ largest rice cake mosaic record. The people of the province are hopeful that they can beat the largest rice cake mosaic of Fukushima, Japan which is 64 square meters. They made this just in time for their "Puto" Festival ( rice cake festival). Their creativity is really admirable...
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
Calasiao is famous for their "puto".On trips that take me through the province of Pangasinan, I always hope a puto vendor might get on our bus to sell their wares. I always buy several bags of this rice cake. I hope they make it to the Guinness book of records.
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
calasiao is my favorite puto. i remember they were round, one brown, one white.
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
@josie_ I do hope too...it is beautifully done that you can't even think that it is made of Puto.. I also like their put. When you pass by their town , you can see vendors with ":bilao of puto" .
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
@hereandthere the white puto are small and it is clear white.
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LegTech
@rina110383 (24495)
•
19 Dec 17
I've tasted their puto. One of the best!
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
yes, i agree to that...
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lady Di
@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
that is beyond amazing.. i want to eat it too. Can people still eat it?
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
I think so... and that 320,000 rice cakes can already feed the whole municipality.
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
19 Dec 17
Wow! That's probably enough for all the people in the province...
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
surely, yes.. 320,000 is really enough to feed the whole municipality.
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
That is a one huge effort, most definitely something to put in the Book of Records. People from my Province sure like to make things besides selling popular Bangus / Milk Fish.
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
Are you from Pangasinan? I am sure they will make it to the Guinness Book. It is really a wonderful work of art....
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Mar 18
That is one huge rice-cake! How amazing would it be to see this. Thanks for sharing it with us all.
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
6 Mar 18
You're welcome... I can't also imagine how difficult it is to assemble all those thousand rice cakes...
Shadi
@Madshadi (8849)
• Brussels, Belgium
19 Dec 17
I hope it beats the record. It looks very good
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
yeah. i think they will surely beat it because their rice cake mosaic is much bigger than that of the current record holder.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134465)
• Roseburg, Oregon
19 Dec 17
That looks really neat is all that I can say.
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
I agree. This rice cake mosaic is creatively and neatly done.
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Cahaya
@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
20 Dec 17
Wow what an effort, and that's A LOT of cakes! I wasn't even aware of the one in Japan. Hopefully this one breaks the record!
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
25 Dec 17
I think they will surely make it
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solxee
@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
Wow! That's impressive!
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
25 Dec 17
Yes it really is. It is really a work of art.
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DianneN
@DianneN (246838)
• United States
25 Dec 17
That is totally fabulous!!!!!!
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
has the puto mosaic acknowledged by the Guinness already?
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Dec 17
@magallon yes, no news yet that i have heard if they made it to the Guinness.
Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
25 Dec 17
I have no news yet if they made it to Guinness
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Paula Tranchina
@Ganma7 (3664)
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7 Jun 18
I absolutely love this. Thank you for sharing
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
you're welcome....
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Joshua Leavitt
@iiiPhotography (542)
• Okotoks, Alberta
19 Dec 17
That's so neat
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
People of that place exerted too much effort to make it happen. It is really a work of love and dedication.
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Yanzalong
@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
25 Dec 17
Absolutely worth appreciating.
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Hazel Vee
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
27 Mar 18
Oh wow! .. that's a totally awesome work of art.. thanks for sharing ..