New Delhi: The dance floor was set alight on the evening of July nine and has since seen thousands of Delhiites jumping on to it to shake a leg. Going on and on, it is all set to win back for India the record of hosting the world's longest dance party.

Around 40 youngsters have been dancing non-stop except for the small breathers allowed under the regulations of the Guinness Book of World Records at the event here and have been joined by scores of denizens eager to be part of the record-breaking endeavour.

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is the setting of the event, which aims at breaking the Guinness record of a party in Cleveland, US, which lasted for 52 hours and three minutes.

Incidentally, the Cleveland party had broken the record of an MTV party in Gurgaon, Haryana, in 1999, which had gone on for 50 hours.

"There are around 40 dancers on the stage, who are the real heroes of the dance party as they are the ones who have been dancing non-stop for more than two days. But Delhiites have been given a chance to join the party for some time and be part of the record-breaking event," said Rajlakshmi Bhattacharjee of Consultants Pvt Ltd, one of the event managers.