Over 4,000 in Takarazuka break Guinness record for line dancing

Over 4,000 in Takarazuka break Guinness record for line dancing

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - 4,395 participants line up in Hyogo Prefecture's Takarazuka, hometown to the all-female Takarazuka Revue in Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2014, during an event to break the Guinness World Record for the most number of people line dancing together for five minutes or longer. They successfully shattered the record, which was previously set by 2,569 people in the United States in 2012.

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