Muhammad Ayub Pathan 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.

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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 world's biggest Noah's Pudding, 10.2 metres across, gets a giant stir as it cooks at Srishiwan Wittaya School in Raman district, Yala, on Wednesday. MOHAMMAD AYUB PATHAN

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Vocabulary:

activity (noun): a thing that you do for work, interest or pleasure, or in order to achieve a particular aim - กิจกรรม

boil : to heat a liquid to the point where it forms bubbles and turns to steam or vapour - ทำให้เดือด

border : the official line separating two areas, regions or countries - เขตแดน อาณาเขต

calendar : a printed table showing all the days, weeks and months of the year - ปฏิทิน

cassava : a tropical plant with roots that can be cooked and eaten or made into flour - มันสำปะหลัง

commemorate : to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, especially by a public ceremony or by making a statue or special building - ฉลอง (เพื่อเป็นการระลึกถึง)

convey : to communicate something; to express a thought, feeling or idea so that it is understood by other people - สื่อไปถึง, สื่อสาร

diameter : the length of a straight line that crosses a circle through the centre - เส้นผ่านศูนย์กลาง

director (noun): the head of a school or organisation - ผู้อำนวยการ

flavour (verb): to add something to food or drink to give it more taste or a particular taste - ปรุงรส

grain : the small hard seeds of food plants such as wheat, rice, etc; a single seed of such a plant - เมล็ดข้าว, เมล็ดพืช

grandson (noun): a son of your son or daughter - หลานชาย

ingredients : foods that are used with other foods in the preparation of a particular dish - ส่วนประกอบ

local : in or related to the area that you live, or to the particular area that you are talking about - ท้องถิ่น

mark (verb): to celebrate or officially remember an event that you consider to be important - เฉลิมฉลอง, ระลึกถึง

mixture : a combination of different things - การผสม

nut (noun): a small hard fruit with a very hard shell that grows on some trees - ผลไม้แห้งเปลือกแข็ง, ถั่ว

omelette (noun): a hot dish of eggs mixed together and fried, often with cheese, meat, vegetables, etc. added - ไข่เจียว

originate : to come from a particular place, time, situation, etc - มาจาก, ริเริ่มจาก

preparation : things that you do to get ready for something or make something ready - การตระเตรียม

primary school : a school for young children usually between the ages of 5/6 and 11 - โรงเรียนประถมศึกษา

promote : to encourage or support something - สนับสนุน

pudding (noun): a sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal; a cold dessert like cream flavoured with fruit, chocolate, etc - ขนมพุดดิ้ง

pumpkin (noun): a large round vegetable with thick orange skin. The seeds can be dried and eaten and the soft flesh can be cooked as a vegetable or in sweet pies. - ฟักทอง

record : the best or most ever achieved - สถิติ

remembrance (noun): the act or process of remembering an event in the past or a person who is dead - การระลึกถึง

representatives (noun): people who have been chosen or elected by a person or group to vote, give opinions, or make decisions for them - ผู้แทน

residents : people who live in a particular area - ประชาชนที่อาศัยในท้องที่

slice : to cut something easily with or as if with a sharp blade - แล่นผ่า, ตัดผ่าน

spice (noun): one of the various types of powder or seed that come from plants and are used in cooking.Spices have a strong taste and smell - เครื่องเทศ, เครื่องปรุงแต่งรสชาติ

stir : to move a liquid or substance around, using a spoon or something similar, in order to mix it thoroughly - คน

taro : a starchy vegetable that looks like a potato - เผือก

thicken (verb): to become thicker; to make something thicker - ทำให้หนาขึ้น,

topping (noun): a layer of food that you put on top of a dish, cake, etc. to add flavour or to make it look nice - สิ่งที่ใช้แต่งหน้าอาหาร

traditional (adj): of a custom, a way of life or a way of doing things that has not changed for a long time - เป็นประเพณี, ตามธรรมเนียม, ตามที่ปฏิบัติกันมา

traditionally : of something that has not changed for a long time - ตามที่ปฏิบัติกันมา

unity : a situation in which people, groups, or countries join together or agree about something - ความเป็นเอกภาพ, ความเป็นอันหนึ่งอันเดียวกัน

witness (verb): to see something happen - มองเห็น, เป็นพยาน