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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Bandana, who set a new Guinness World Record on ’Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual’, is from which country?
A
India
B
Nepal
C
Sri Lanka
D
Pakistan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Boosie is a Moton Park dancer. As of June 2022 she holds the Guinness World Record for “Longest heel-toe and park girl marathon by an individual", for which she danced for 126 hours continuously.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Official Guinness Records, The longest dance marathon by an individual was 123 hours and 15 minutes and was achieved by Kalamandalam Hemaletha (India) at the Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy in Thrissur, Kerala, India from 20 to 26 September 2010. Hemaletha danced the Mohiniyattam dance.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to guinnessworldrecords.com, the largest line dance involved 18,431 participants, and was achieved by Beijing Redance League Technology Co. Ltd., in China, in November 2015.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kathmandu, Nepal – Bandana Nepal , 18, aNepali teenager,a resident of Dhankuta district in eastern Nepal,danced continuously for 126 hours to set a new World Record for the Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual , according to the World Record Academy.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Dance Marathon originated in 1923, when a woman named Alma Cummings danced for 27 hours outlasting six partners. From there it bloomed into a full-blown craze where couples competed against others to be the last pair standing.

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