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Mexico City puckered up to set a new record Saturday as nearly 40,000 people locked lips in the city center for the world's largest group kiss.
Carlos Martinez of Guinness World Records verified the record of 39,897 people who entered the gated kissing area of the city's Zocalo main square on Valentine's Day, besting Weston-super-Mare, an English town that set the previous kissing record in 2007.
"We did it! Long live Mexico," said Mexican singer-actress Susana Zavaleta, who serenaded the crowd before the kiss with the classic Mexican ballad, "Besame Mucho," or "Kiss Me a Lot" — also the name of the event.
"More than 35,000 will simultaneously kiss to show that warmth and love are at the core of this capital, the heart of the Mexican Republic," the city's tourism department, which organized the gathering, said in a statement.
The event "is aimed at changing people's attitudes toward human relations, especially between couples, so that respect, equity and tolerance are at the center of any relationship," the statement said.
The giant Zocalo, which can hold 100,000 people, was half-filled as mostly young couples embraced and held one another in a lip lock for 10 seconds.
The kiss was delayed for several hours as organizers waited for people to gather.
As the crowd grew, city workers in cupid wings offered hugs, teenage boys carried signs volunteering their kissing services and couples practiced openly in a country that surprises many with its pervasive public displays of affection.
"We love demonstrating our love in front of everyone and in front of our family," said Lucia Gutierrez, 38, who spent the afternoon rehearsing with Vicente Romero, 34, her boyfriend of 10 months. "There's nothing bad about showing your love."
上週六（情人節當天），近4萬人齊聚墨西哥城市中心同時接吻，創下規模最大的集體接吻世界紀錄。
經“吉尼斯世界紀錄”官員卡洛斯•馬丁內斯確認，當天在墨西哥城佐卡羅大廣場的封閉接吻區內共有39897人，打破了英國小鎮韋斯頓於2007年創下的集體接吻人數世界紀錄。
墨西哥歌手兼演員蘇珊娜•薩瓦萊塔說：“我們成功了！墨西哥萬歲！”她在活動開始前爲人們演唱了一首經典的墨西哥民謠《深情相吻》（Kiss Me a Lot），這也是本次活動的名稱。
此次活動的組織者、墨西哥城旅遊局在一份聲明中稱：“超過三萬五千人將在市中心同時接吻，以此來表明愛與溫暖是墨西哥首都的核心，也是墨西哥共和國的核心。
聲明稱，該活動“旨在改變人們對人際關係的態度，尤其是伴侶之間的關係，從而使尊重、平等和寬容成爲任何關係的核心。”
當天，可容納10萬人的佐卡羅大廣場被佔了一半，以年輕情侶爲主的接吻隊伍集體擁吻了十秒鐘。
主辦方爲等待人羣聚齊，活動比預定時間推遲了幾個小時。
在此期間，戴着愛神丘比特翅膀的工作人員爲人們獻上擁抱，一些十幾歲的男孩打着無償提供“獻吻”服務的標牌，而情侶們則當衆練習接吻，公開示愛的溫情場面令人驚歎。
38歲的露西婭•古鐵雷斯說：“我們喜歡在所有人和家人面前表達愛意，這沒什麼不好。” 露西婭整個下午都在與已交往10個月的34歲男友文森特•羅米洛練習接吻。
