4,757 people in Chiapas set first of 3 World Cup-focused Guinness World Records

Mexico achieved a caller Guinness World Record connected Friday erstwhile 4,757 gathered successful Víctor Manuel Reyna stadium successful the superior of Chiapas to make the biggest shot jersey formed by quality figures successful the world. 

Thousands of assemblage and preparatory students, arsenic good arsenic different residents of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, arranged themselves connected the transportation successful the signifier of a jersey that measured 48 meters wide by 35.5 meters high. 

Before the lawsuit began, volunteers handed retired green, reddish and achromatic t-shirts, representing the colors of the Mexican nationalist flag. Each garment featured flags of each 32 Mexican states, symbolizing nationalist unity arsenic the state builds momentum toward the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to the Tourism Ministry, which organized the event.

In the halfway of the shirt, participants held up the slogans, “Mexico is successful style” and “Chiapas is bonzer by nature,” arsenic a motion to the state’s outstanding earthy beauty, from jungles to waterfalls and lagoons. 

The erstwhile grounds for a akin feat was held by Bucaramanga, Colombia, wherever 2,891 radical formed the representation of the section shot team’s jersey connected Nov. 7, 2018. 

These events are portion of the “Social World Cup” program, an inaugural President Claudia Sheinbaum announced successful November. The programme aims to bring educational, tourism, and taste activities to communities crossed the state successful the lead-up to the planetary shot tournament.

Miles de personas unidas, latiendo al mismo ritmo, demostraron que cuando se trata de pasión, organización y orgullo, México siempre juega en equipo. Este logro enciende la emoción rumbo al #MundialSocial2026 y marca el inicio de una etapa donde el turismo, la cultura y el… pic.twitter.com/bXmPptNYii

— SECTUR México (@SECTUR_mx) February 28, 2026

“I privation to convey our president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, for this accidental to marque Chiapas visible, due to the fact that with this we are starting the archetypal enactment of the 2026 World Cup successful our country,” Chiapas politician Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar, who attended the event, wrote connected societal media. 

“It is simply a historical accomplishment for the authorities of Chiapas,” said the authoritative adjudicator for Guinness World Records successful Mexico, Alfredo Arista. 

“I person the luck of being witnesser to this large image… wherever we tin observe the fraternity that is precisely what we are looking for: The integration of families and people, to execute a communal nonsubjective to marque this world, this authorities an astonishing place,” added Arista.  

Mexico’s adjacent Guinness World Record attempt, scheduled for Sunday, March 15, successful Mexico City, volition question to clasp the world’s largest shot practice. 

With reports from La Jornada and Expansión Política