Bihu performance with over 11,300 dancers, drummers enters Guinness World Records

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Assam on Thursday created a world record with 11,304 dancers and drummers performing Bihu dance at a single venue, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said..

In the presence of an adjudicator from the Guinness World Records headquarters in London, the performers presented their show and achieved the global feat for Bihu dance and dhol playing...

It is the largest Bihu dance and Bihu dhol performance in a single venue," Himanta Biswa Sarma said at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati...

The performers will showcase the 'Bihu' dance in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be on a day-long visit to Guwahati on Friday...

The Guinness certificates will be handed over in his presence, the official said.. Himanta received the Geographical Indication registration certificate for 'gamosa' from Controller General of Patent, Designs and Trademarks and Registrar of GI Registry Unnat P Pandit...

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