2,980 Polynesians beat the world record for the largest gathering of Ori Tahiti ( Tahitian dance ) Saturday south of the island of Tahiti , French Polynesia .
The previous record was held by Mexico, with 1539 dancers gathered on a soccer field in September 2015 .
"They were well 3,000 to dance , but they were twenty without their red sarong or crown, then one account in 2980 , and we will send the pictures and videos TNTV ( local channel , Ed) as evidence to Guinness they validate , "said Jean- Pierre Elie , bailiff in Papeete.