Ladybug pounded her mochi 4 years before you did.

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Making-mochi-be-careful-you-could-lose-a-finger

It's Japan. They're making mochi, which is pounded rice that is traditionally eaten on New Year's. The mochi needs to be kneaded and moistened while it is being pounded, which is what the guy is doing when he sticks his hands into the bucket. These guys are showing off how fast they can pound the mochi.

Making Mochi!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi

More mochi making at: http://videosift.com/video/Making-mochi-be-careful-you-could-lose-a-finger

Looks like the same crew of mochi-makers, too.

Nice!

I made mochi with my wife's family in Japan on New Years once. Banged the crap out of it with a wooden mallet just like that. Great stuff. Cooked the rice over a wood fire in the back yard, and the entire family spent an afternoon taking turns making the stuff.... and drinking a lot of booze too.

Looks like they're making kusa mochi (mugwort flavoured) in an usu. And doing it in typical excited Japanese game show style.

This reminds me of daifuku mochi, Japanese sticky rice balls, also with sweet red bean paste filling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daifuku

Dupe:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Making-mochi-be-careful-you-could-lose-a-finger

*discard

I can kinda relate to arachibutyrophobia. I get nervous eating mochi. I wonder what the name of that phobia might be?