Lowest limbo bar passed under

What to remember

Six inches, or 15 cm between the bar and the floor: that is the height Dennis Walston successfully passed under in March 1991, a record.

Limbo is a game rooted in traditions from Trinidad and Tobago. The aim is to move forwards under a low horizontal bar, chest facing the sky, without falling or knocking the bar off. The bar comes down a little with each round, and is sometimes set on fire.

The dance became widely known in the 1950s through Julia Edwards, nicknamed the First Lady of Limbo, and her company, which appeared in several films including Fire Down Below (1957). From the 1960s it toured the Caribbean, Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.