Footage shows Thai locals enjoying an unusual rice beating competition.<br /><br />The event was a part of the community annual domestic rice seed preservation festival in Songkhla, southern Thailand.<br /><br />The rice pounding is a traditional method of processing rice from paddy fields.<br /><br />The competition had six teams with two members in each, competing against each other to pound the paddy field fodder into rice.<br /><br />The winners were those that could produce the most rice, but the competitors appeared to be more focused on having fun.<br /><br />The video from March 1 shows the competitors were having fun dancing while pounding the rice.<br /><br />One of the competitors said they just want to have fun at the annual festival. She said: "The festival is only held once a year and we want it to be a colourful festival.<br /><br />"We want the prize but there are not many occasions when people gather in the community together and I think it is better to make it memorable."
