The record was previously held by Australia in 2016 when 160 students from Oaxley State in Brisbane played the marimba.
Two hundred and twenty-two students played the popular marimba song, manhanga kutapira, on the marimba for five minutes, earning Zimbabwe the record.
Yes! Zimbabwe is the new Guinness World record holder for the biggest Marimba ensemble. 222 Marimba players played the song Manhanga kutapira in 5mins. The previous world record was set by 160 students from Oaxley State in Brisbane Australia in 2016. @GWR #AfricaDay2018 pic.twitter.com/5uqTpWB9B0
— Privilege Musvanhiri (@Musvanhiri) May 25, 2018
Here’s the video