Photos: 400-Foot-Long Hallaca

Venezuelan cooks set a record for making the world's biggest hallaca — Venezuela's version of the tamale that is traditionally eaten in December. The creation features pork, beef, chicken, olives and raisins folded into corn dough and wrapped in a banana leaf.

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Cooks add the finishing touches to the world’s largest Pan de Jamón in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. Hundreds of cooks and spectators were on hand for the creation of the Pan de Jamón, a Christmas specialty in which ham is rolled in sweet bread, as well as the world’s biggest hallaca, a local take on the tamale traditionally eaten in December. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Officials weigh the world’s largest Pan de Jamón in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. 

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