Largest Indian folk / traditional variety dance

The largest Indian folk variety dance consists of 5,194 people, and was achieved by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India (India), as a precursor to the 76th Republic Day celebrations, in Delhi, India, on 24 January 2025.

The attempt was part of a precursor to Indian Republic Day (26th Jan) celebrations where participants dressed in their local dance styles. In total 53 dance forms from all over India were performed. The attempt required a set of synchronised dancing of at least 3 different dance forms each lasting at least 2 minutes. The dances verified for this attempt were Koli, Garba and Bhangra. The total attempt lasted 6 min 51 sec.