Philippines ? Nearly 4,000 mothers set a world record this week for the largest number of women simultaneously breast-feeding their babies in the same place, organizers said.

Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, whose city is one of the event’s organizers, said 3,738 mothers simultaneously breast-fed their babies for at least a minute, breaking the Guinness World Record.

The result will be submitted to Guinness for evaluation.

The United Nations Children’s Fund said the previous record was held by the City of Berkeley, Calif., where 1,135 mothers simultaneous breast-fed babies for a minute on Aug. 3, 2002.