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Bogota sets new world record for Rumba session

by Oliver Griffin

While the summer festival continues in Bogota, organizers and attendees can all delight in the fact that a new world record has been set in Colombia’s capital.

While the record for largest Rumba class, a popular fusion of dance and aerobics, had been previously set in the Mexican city of Iztapalapa in 2010, participants at Bogota’s annual summer festival beat that figure on Thursday.

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The event in Mexico saw some 6,630 people take part but the massive effort of organisers and festival goers alike resulted in 7,052 people participating in Thursday’s world record attempt.

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