Mariachis band sets Guinness World Record in Mexican

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Now, if you're in the mood for something more up-tempo, you might consider a trip to Mexico, because that's where the Guinness Book of World Records made a particularly festive entry on Sunday. The city of Guadalajara now has bragging rights for the world's biggest mariachi band.

A total of 549 musicians played for just over ten minutes in the square in front of the Cabanas Cultural Institute in Guadalajara a perfect venue for the event, as it is the birthplace of mariachi music.

They closed with traditional mariachi favorites, "Cielito Lindo" and "Guadalajara."

Miguel Alfaro, president of Guadalajara National Commerce Chamber, said, "We suffered a little bit, but we completed the goal a few minutes before the closure of the registration process. We made it, I am very happy and satisfied that we've made it, and that the record is where it belongs since the very first time: in the state of Jalisco."

Stuart Claxton, the representative of the Guinness Book of World Records, who came to witness the record breaking attempt, officially announced the new record.

Stuart Claxton, Guinness Book of World Records Rep., said, "We are here today in Guadalajara, on August 30th, 2009, where the record has actually been beaten, and the new Guinness world record for the largest mariachi band is now 549, here in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico."

The old record, according to one of the organizers of Sunday's event, belonged to 520 mariachis who performed in San Antonio, Texas, in 2007.