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Old Jun 28th, 2021 | 11:04 AM
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Next Big Camel Thing?

Since the Pushkar Festival has, I've heard, suffered from over-tourism, the New York Times travel section today might have a solution for tradition-laden (if not animal rights approved) camel events. The article is called Inside a Turkish Camel-Wrestling Festival, in Selcuk. My first thought was big mustachioed men wrestling camels but reading more it's the camels wrestling each other. I'm very impressed with the photos of be-costumed animals, complete with decorative camel muzzles. We may have several years to say we've seen something new on the tourist trail so get cracking. I suspect I won't but one never knows. It's outside so that's an upside at the moment.

I'd post a link but you know how that can go. Easy to find, prominent in the travel section.

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Old Jun 28th, 2021 | 11:53 AM
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Old Jun 28th, 2021 | 01:11 PM
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It's quite a sight. I went to one in '82, I think it was in Ödemiş.



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