Pictures: Philippine province sets new Guinness world record

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Synchronised Pantomina, a courtship dance, has set a new record. It was held in Sorsogon, Philippines, on Thursday. Image Credit: Inquirer / Facebook

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Synchronised dance of the Pantomina on Thursday in Sorsogon, Philippines has set a new Guinness record. Image Credit: Inquirer / Facebook

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Part of the pier of Sorsogon City in eastern Philippines became a dance floor for more than 7,000 people on Thursday to set a Guinness record. Image Credit: Inquirer / Facebook

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Top view of the record-breaking Pantomina folk dance in Sorsogon, Philippines, October 31, 2019. Image Credit: Facebook

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More than 7,000 people participated in the world record-smashing event for the biggest synchronised folk dance, the Pantomina, held in Sorsogon, Philippines on Thursday, October 31, 2019. Image Credit: Inquirer / Facebook

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Governor of the Philippines' Sorsogon Province, Francis 'Chiz' Escudero, a Harvard-educated lawyer and former Senator, and his wife actress Heart Evangelista, take a bow after the record-setting synchronised Pantomina folk dance on Thursday, October 31, 2019. Image Credit: Facebook / DOT

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The folk music was broadcast over public radio and pumped by loudspeakers arrayed on the main city roads in the capital, also known as Sorsogon. Image Credit: Facebook / Department of Tourism

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Some of the participants in the Guinness Record-breaking synchronised Pantomina dance on the Sorsogon pier on Thursday, October 31, 2019. Image Credit: Facebook / Department of Tourism

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Though the event was rained down on Thursday, people were undeterred. A participant in the record-setting "Pantomina" dance in Sorsogon, Philippines on October 31, 2019. Image Credit: Facebook

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This folk dance is traditionally performed during wedding celebrations by the couple and their visitors. No social gathering in the Bicol Region, a volcanic, gold and mineral-rich region in eastern Philippines, is complete without the Pantomina. Image Credit: Facebook

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A drone shot of the Pantomina record-setting event in Sorsogon, Philippine on Thursday, October 31, 2019. Image Credit: Facebook

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A synchronised Pantomina dance in Sorsogon, Philippines, with more than 7,000 participants smashed the Guinness record on Thursday, October 31, 2019. Image Credit: Inquirer / Facebook

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Top view of the record-breaking Pantomina folk dance in Sorsogon, Philippines, October 31, 2019. Image Credit: Facebook

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Pantomina is a courtship dance popular in the eastern Philippine region of Bicol. Image Credit: Inquirer / Facebook

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Street dance with the locals, or swim with the whalesharks (Butanding). Some of the offerings of Sorsogon Province, in eastern Philippines Image Credit: Facebook

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After the numbers were confirmed, the certificate from Guinness World Records was handed over to the Governor, Chiz Escudero and his wife Heart Evangelista. Image Credit: Facebook / Department of Tourism

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The Guinness World Record certificate given to Sorsogon on October 31, 2019. Image Credit: Facebook

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