YALA - People in the southern border province of Yala made the world's biggest Noah's Pudding on Wednesday, measuring 10.2 metres in diameter.
The pudding, called Ashure in Arabic, was made at Srishiwan Wittaya School in Raman district in front of about 10,000 local residents and officials, and witnessed by representatives of Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum in Thailand.
The preparation of Noah's Pudding is traditional among Muslims to mark the Day of Ashure, the tenth day of the first month in the Islamic calendar commemorating the death of a grandson of Muhammad.
Masubri Sa-uso, director of the primary school, said the activity marked an important day of Islam, promoted unity among people in southern border provinces and particularly this year conveyed remembrance for His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
The Noah's Pudding is traditionally a mixture of grains, fruits, dried fruits and nuts in the Middle East, where it originated.
On Wednesday the ingredients in the record-breaking pudding included rice, banana, beans, papaya, pumpkin, taro and cassava. The mixture was flavoured with spices, salt and sugar, then boiled and stirred in coconut milk to thicken it into a pudding and served with sliced omelette as a topping.