The Dominican Republic was crowned this Saturday night with the “Un Record pa` la Bachata”, winning the Guinness title for the greatest number of couples dancing bachata simultaneously.
To the rhythm of the song “Pena por ti” by Luis Segura, 500 couples danced for five uninterrupted minutes on George Washington Avenue to win worldwide recognition.
"Regrettable Poland has lost its Guinness Record!", said Susana Reyes, official representative of Guinness World Records.
Reyes pointed out that the number of people disqualified was two, and the official number of for this Guinness Record it is 489 couples.
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The official adjudicator Susana Reyes He said that this Saturday’s event only shows that the Dominican Republic has the potential to exceed its own goals and added that there is always an invitation from Guinness World Records to continue to exceed itself in all its objectives.
“This is proof that work, perseverance, passion, dedication, gives results. I am very happy to have been part of this, “he said.
At the same time, he indicated that happiness is taken from the Dominicans, knowing that they are a community that organizes itself, and that when they have a common goal they make it possible.
Guinness Record is here!
“The Guinness Record is here, nobody dances more bachata than the Dominicans” were the expressions that were heard from the participants after the official adjudicator certified the Dominican Republic.
For his part, Alberto Zayas, took the opportunity to demand that the Dominican authorities from today December 11 to declare the national day of bachata, as happened with the merengue.
“This is a request from Luis Segura, which we have joined to ask and demand that our authorities declare a national bachata day,” Zayas expressed excited about the achievement.
He also indicated that the preparation took a time of 4 months and that with the issue of covid-19 the effort was greater, but with the positive result.
“Giving the extra mile is what makes us all bigger today, to be able to give positive news to Dominicans and for the world to understand that no one can dance more bachata than a Dominican,” said Zayas.
In the same way, he assured that Don Luis has something great in his heart and that in his career it shows, in addition, he stressed that the bachateros from the greatest to the smallest gave their support so that today the Dominican Republic has the Guinness Record.
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Both the participants and the production team completed the stage of vaccination against Covid-19, a measure to prevent the virus.
The national achievement joins a series of events that coincide with this date, on December 11 the album “Bachata Rosa” by Juan Luis Guerra was released and the declaration of bachata as Intangible Heritage of Humanity by the Organization of Nations United for Education, Science and Culture (Unesco).
Marcos Taveras and Laura Ramírez were the responsible choreographers, who for several months prepared the dozens of dance schools that supported the event.
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