--- title: Manila Suburb Breaks Record for Largest Zumba Class description: Mandaluyong, a suburb of Philippine capital Manila broke the Guinness World Record for the largest Zumba class in the world on Sunday canonical: https://time.com/3963998/manila-philippines-zumba-world-record/ author: Joanna Plucinska article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-20T04:35:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:04.289Z og:title: World's Largest Zumba Class Rocks Manila Suburb og:description: More than 12,975 people break record previously held by Philippine city of Cebu. og:url: https://time.com/3963998/manila-philippines-zumba-world-record/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: World's Largest Zumba Class Rocks Manila Suburb twitter:description: More than 12,975 people break record previously held by Philippine city of Cebu. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch 12,975 Dancing Filipinos Break the Record for the World's Largest Zumba Class ## Video: Scandalous Dances: From Tango to Twerking in Two Minutes [Watch (HLS stream): Scandalous Dances: From Tango to Twerking in Two Minutes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vycdU1cQ.m3u8) (1:57)  _Published 2013-11-05. Miley Cyrus’s shakes are only the latest craze to earn the ire of authorities and local officials. A short video history of scandalous dance floor behavior._ by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Jul 20, 2015 4:35 AM UTC by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Jul 20, 2015 4:35 AM UTC A new Guinness World Record for the world’s largest Zumba class was set Sunday in Mandaluyong, a suburb of the Philippine capital, Manila. Clad in bright yellow shirts, 12,975 people filled the streets to follow the steps of instructors lifted above the crowds on stages scattered throughout the neighborhood. The record was previously held by the city of [Cebu](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33585439), also in the Philippines, the BBC reports. Zumba is a dance-fitness program founded by Colombian choreographer Alberto “Beto” Pérez in the 1990s. 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