New employees get muddy in a rice field tradition

At an agricultural company, there is a traditional event held for new employees. Today, a group of enthusiastic male employees has organized this event for a new female recruit who recently joined after switching from another company.

The event is officially presented as a“weeding and rice farming basics training”in the company's fallow rice field. However, the hidden agenda is to turn the new employee into a muddy mess. The unusual rule is that participants must wear their business suits, and she attends wearing the same suit she used for job hunting.

Unaware of the true nature of the event, she arrives at the field and starts weeding as instructed by her boss. While struggling with the difficult task in the muddy field, she eventually slips and falls on her back, marking the beginning of the male employees' playful pranks.

The“hidden tradition”unfolds as she is roped into a mud swimming competition with the male employees. Losing means getting mud poured over her head. She is also told to roll around in the mud after removing her jacket. Before she knows it, she is completely covered in mud from head to toe.

When the muddy challenges are over, they move to a nearby river to clean up. However, the mud proves difficult to wash off. The male employees continue their mischief, dumping buckets of water over her head. In the end, she even pours water over herself multiple times to clean up, accepting the unusual initiation ritual with a mix of surprise and endurance.