A Nigerian dancer, Michael Bright Ifeanyi, has broken the Guinness World Record for the Longest Dance Marathon by an Individual.
Ifeanyi also known as Bright Omon danced 7 days nonstop to break the current record.
He was visited by Odumewu Debbie a.k.a Pinki Debbie, who broke the record herself in 7 days back in November 2017.
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Omon, however, hasnโt stopped dancing and can still be found at the Maryland Mall, Lagos.
Celebrating his achievement on his Instagram, he wrote:
Record broken!!!! We did it!! Now letโs raise the bar!!!
Popular dance queen and choreographer, Kafayat Shafau-Ameh, also celebrated Bright Omon for breaking the existing record and wished him good luck on his quest to setย a new record.
Kaffy wrote,
“RECORD BREAKER ALERT @dbrightomon welldone…I was like u are crazy for attempting to go for 8 days but meeeen itโs over 6 days and u still going strong breaking the last record already.
“God will see you through. Now go for gold and set the new record …. @guinnessworldrecords .
“Everyone if u live or work around @marylandmallng Ikeja you can go there to encourage him. Saturday is his aim thatโs when itโs 8 days …. we are praying.”
Ifeanyi began dancing at the Maryland Mall, Lagos, on March 9 and is expected to wrap up his attempt on March 17.
He hopes to dance for eight straight days.
When he started his record-breaking quest, he invited Nigerians to the Maryland Mall to join him and offer support.
“Come dance with me as I attempt to break the Guinness world record for the longest dance marathonโฆ put does dancing shoes on because I canโt do this without you as we are all officially going to be record holders,” he wrote.
