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'Umbrella dance' Guinness record set in Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - A total of 1,688 colorful umbrella-holding people perform a "simultaneous umbrella dance" during a traditional festival in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2014, eclipsing the previous Guinness world record of 1,461 dancers established in the Romanian capital of Bucharest in September 2011.

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Japan city aims to rewrite Guinness record on umbrella dance

TOTTORI, Japan - Dancers perform a traditional umbrella dance in Tottori, western Japan, in this file photo taken in August 2013. Organizers of this year's event, set for August 14, are seeking to mobilize more dancers than the 1,461 participants in the current Guinness record established in Bucharest, Romania, in September 2011.

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'Umbrella dance' Guinness record set in Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - A total of 1,688 colorful umbrella-holding people perform a "simultaneous umbrella dance" during a traditional festival in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2014, eclipsing the previous Guinness world record of 1,461 dancers established in the Romanian capital of Bucharest in September 2011. (Kyodo)