Go to a concert a shopping mall or even your local city and you'll see a big
group of people but some of the largest gatherings in the world will really take
your breath away the crazy thing is you likely don't know about many of these
but there have been some occasions good and bad where tens of millions of people
have come together I'm Charlie and these are the largest gatherings of all time
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the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage is said to be the largest religious gathering in the
world yet many people have never heard of it it actually holds multiple world
for a calls for the largest gathering the event happens every 12 years but the
largest one was in 2010 on April the 14th it happened in Haridwar India and
18 million people attended the event the 2019 pilgrimage had 50 million people
and the 2013 pilgrimage had 30 million it's a gigantic Hindu festival and
people come from all over the world although mainly India to celebrate it
the ritual involves swimming in the waters and there's also mass feedings of
monks and the pool next up is Arab bean pilgrimage this is also known as the
Arab e'en Festival it's held every year in Karbala Iraq and in 2016 it broke
world records 30 million people attended the event this was more than in 2015
with 27 million people and 2014 with 20 million people it's part of Shia Islam
people make a gigantic pilgrimage often on foot they travel to where Hussein and
his companions were beheaded this happened in the year 610 during the
Battle of Karbala next up is the funeral of C n Annadurai
kanji Varnum Nataraja annadurai was an indian politician he served as the first
chief minister of tamil nadu for twenty days he was very famous and well
respected in India but he had a habit of chewing tobacco this caused him to pass
away in 1969 his funeral was public and had 15 million attendees this is
believed to be the largest funeral gathering in history it was held in
Chennai India CN was a very widely respected speaker and writer and he was
so loved by the local people because he made Tamil the official language of the
state he rejected Hindi and allowed the people of Chennai to have tamil as their
official language a controversial figure but one very respected in his state next
up is out Miyagi Timur a Rancho bad this event is an Islamic congregation
millions of Muslims from around the world attend this event it's held in
Mahara India and in 2018 it broke records with twelve point six million
attendees it began forty-one years ago in a very small town but is now a
gigantic global phenomenon next up is martyred on processions of Musa al-qaida
in Musa al-qadir was the seventh Shia Imam he is regarded by Sonny Muslims as
a renowned scholar he was imprisoned three times the third
time was in Baghdad where he passed away they apparently carried out filth
reports on what he was doing they said he was committing evil on earth he was
then given the death penalty and was taken out in 2016 he was sentenced to
execution and was taken out in the year 799 every year to commemorate him
there's a big procession in 2016 it broke records attracting 12 million
people and in 2015 11 point nine million people next stop is funeral of Ruhollah
Khomeini Ramallah Khomeini was the Ayatollah of Iran he led the 1979
Iranian Revolution this saw the overthrow of the last Shah Mohammad Reza
and after two thousand five hundred years of Persian monarchy he became the
supreme leader of Iran in the country he was very well respected until he passed
away in 1989 there was a massive funeral for him in Tehran Iran with ten point
two million people it's said to be the second largest funeral of all time next
up we have papal gathering the Philippines is a massive country
with a population of a hundred and five million people eighty percent of those
people are Roman Catholic and that's why when the Pope went to the Philippines in
2015 there was a massive gathering the gathering happened in Manila Philippines
and it broke all previous records for the country gaining five million
visitors it's known as a papal gathering which is where people gather around to
see the Pope this was a really big deal for the Philippines as the last time a
pope visited the country was in 1995 coming up next is World Youth Day I'm
sure every eighties kid remembers January 15 1995 this was the largest
World Youth Day the main event took place in Manila Philippines over five
million people attended and Pope John Paul had to be flown in by helicopter
that's because authorities couldn't navigate the crowds on the ground pope
john paul ii actually initiated a Sunday Mass to all of the youth and the photos
from the event really do look like a sea of people next up is funeral of Gamal
Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussain was the second ever president of Egypt
he served from 1957 until he passed away in 1970 he was very respected in Egypt
because he led the 1952 overthrow of the monarchy so that's why in 1970 when he
passed away five million people attended this is said to be the third largest
funeral in human history but now it's time to make your voice heard vote in
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