Pictured: The World’s Biggest Tug-Of-War

Pictured here is the world’s biggest tug-of-war competition that uses a monster 656ft rope.

The event takes place at The Ryukyu Kingdom Festival in Naha, Japan.

Each ‘team’ consists of around 15,000 people, pitting the western half of the city against the eastern half.

Hundreds of workers in the Okinawa region spend months weaving together rice straw to assemble the colossal rope, at a cost of £103,000.

After the competition, which encourages fertility in the people and the fields, the rope is shredded and bits are collected by locals as good luck symbols.

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