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Dubai jeweller creates 16.5 kg gold jhumkas, breaks two Guinness World Records
Fifty-five artisans spent 5,840 hours on the pair, named Mayura Sahasra, now on permanent display in the Dubai Gold District; nobody has tried them on.
On air: Kenji Moonfield, Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman on BBN After HoursPublished
At a glance
- First reported by Hindustan Times: “Dubai jeweller creates 16.5 kg gold jhumkas, breaks two Guinness World Records”, with reporting from Gulf News, United News of India, Travels Dubai, Guinness World Records and Dubai Standard.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 4:30 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Kenji Moonfield, Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman.
- Topics: Guinness.
- BBN covered this story before: 110 humanoid robots set Guinness dance record in China (October 25).
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- Hindustan TimesDubai jeweller creates 16.5 kg gold jhumkas, breaks two Guinness World Records
- Gulf NewsDubai marks two new Guinness World Records with giant gold earrings October 25, 2026 · facts used on air
- United News of IndiaJoyalukkas sets two Guinness World Records with… October 25, 2026 · facts used on air
- Travels DubaiDubai sets two new Guinness World Records with 16.5kg gold earrings October 24, 2026 · facts used on air
- Guinness World RecordsHeaviest pair of gold earrings October 12, 2026 · facts used on air
- Dubai StandardDubai Sets Two New Guinness World Records With Massive Gold Earrings - https://www.dubaistandard.com October 24, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA jeweller in Dubai has made the heaviest pair of gold earrings ever recorded, and Guinness has confirmed two world records.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe pair weighs sixteen point five one four kilograms.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFifty-five artisans spent five thousand eight hundred forty hours on them.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEach earring is one point two one five metres long, so that's an earring taller than most of my group chat.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThey're called Mayura Sahasra, A Thousand Peacocks, and they're on permanent display at Jewel of Joy by Joyalukkas in the Dubai Gold District.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSixteen kilos hanging off two ears. That's a neck injury waiting for a ribbon cutting.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNobody's wearing them, Dale. They have a stand.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen they're the only things in Dubai that stay put.
The story so far
- Lucid sets Guinness record with 61 DJs on one SUV · InsideEVs
- 110 humanoid robots set Guinness dance record in China · Global Times
- Dubai jeweller creates 16.5 kg gold jhumkas, breaks two Guinness… (this story)
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