wiki is wildly wrong on at least two of these figures: wiki says: 3 million people marched through London, UK, and 3 million people marched through Rome, Italy in opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in the largest anti-war rallies in history on February 15, 2003.
Actually, police figures for the London demonstration were 750,000. Three million is almost impossible, since that would amount to over 5 percent of the entire population of England and Wales. As for the Rome figure, the police issued no estimate. The figure of 3 million came from the organizers of the rally. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > Yep, > > We have many hundreds meditating together everyday in Fairfield. > > SRF had 8000 together in convocation for a week of group meditations last > summer. > > - these tens of millions congregating, for a united and peaceful purpose; > celebrating the transcendental. > > > > Interesting numbers from Wikipedia on the largest global peaceful > > gatherings, in history, selected and edited below: > > > > * 80 to 100 million people visiting the Kumbh Mela in India in 2013. > > * 40 million people gathered on the main bathing day of the Kumbh Mela at > > Allahabad in 2001. > > * 18 to 19 million people visited the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, > > Iraq during Arba'een in 2013. > > * 15 million people attended the funeral of C. N. Annadurai in Tamil Nadu, > > India in 1969. > > * 8 million people attended the annual feast of the Black Nazarene in > > Manila, Philippines on January 2012 > > * 5 million people attended a World Youth Day Rally in Manila, The > > Philippines in 1995 to see Pope John Paul II. > > * 5 million people came to welcome Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran on > > his return to Iran on 1 February 1979. > > * 5 million people attended the funeral of Egyptian President Gamel Abdel > > Nasser on 1 October 1970 in Cairo, Egypt. > > * 4.2 million people attended a concert given by Rod Stewart in Rio de > > Janeiro, Brazil on 12/31/96. > > * The Bengali gathering, called Bishwa Ijtema (World Gathering) of Tablighi > > Jamaat, converges followers from around the world in Tongi near Dhaka, > > Bangladesh and with an attendance exceeding 3 million people. > > * 3.5 million people attended Jean Michel Jarre's performance of Oxygène, > > in Moscow, in 1997 > > * 3 million people attended the funeral procession of racing driver Ayrton > > Senna in São Paulo, in 1994 > > * 3 million people marched through London, UK, and 3 million people marched > > through Rome, Italy in opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in the > > largest anti-war rallies in history on February 15, 2003. > > * An estimated 3 million people attended a parade in Boston, United States > > celebrating the Boston Red Sox's victory on October 30, 2004. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_peaceful_gatherings_in_history > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > Please note that some parts are takes from earlier in the day due to > > > timedifference > > > > > > http://yuvatarang.blogspot.no/2013/01/watch-online-144-years-maha-kumbh-mela.html > > > > > >
