According to certifications of the Standards Agency and the Basketball Federation of this East African country, 962 faithful of the Phaneroo Ministries church, clapped their hands for three hours and 16 minutes over the two hours and five minutes of the current record.

Although the call, presented by the pastor of the church, had a divine purpose, to praise the Messiah, it was subject to earthly requirements, namely, that the ovation should be uninterrupted and maintained above 80 decibels, which is not little, but there is always the fact that faith moves mountains.

Armed with their fervor, and perhaps with a little celestial support, the participants jubilantly reached their goal and are now waiting for the famous Guinness Book of Records to take it to its pages, which will perhaps imprint the famous compendium with a certain odor of sanctity.

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