Nigerian dancer Pinki Debbie breaks world record for ‘Longest dance’

Nigerian dancer and choreographer, Debbie Odumegwu, popularly known as Pinki Debbie, has broken the Guinness World Record for ‘longest dance by an individual’.




The previous world record was 123 hours 15 minutes, approximately five days, and was achieved by Kalamandalam Hemaletha in India, from September 20 to September 26 in 2010, According to News Agency of Nigeria reports on Thursday.

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Debbie broke the record on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in Lagos, but she continued dancing and pushing to set the remarkable world’s highest ever by going for 150 hours — approximately seven days.

According to reports, she started dancing at The Palms Shopping Mall, Victoria Island, and Lagos on Friday, November 17 and set to finish on Friday, November 24.

Debbie, 22, is a graduate of Policy and Strategic Studies from Covenant University in Ogun State, and she started dancing when she was six years old.