I'm always looking for a game or a match during my travels.  
Yesterday I was watching the 2018 Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Tournament on the tube.  After an hour I lost interest at the completion of a match between a Frenchman and an Indian.  France won.
I little later I ventured out to view an approaching thunderstorm and suddenly heard what sounded like a crowd cheering.  I identified the source pictured below.
       
1-Rice Field Arena.jpg
The cheering continued intermittently until the storm arrived.  The parking lot was filled with pick-up trucks.  The crop in the foreground is rice.  
What is going on here and how old is the 
"sport"?
You shouldn't need any more clues.