CAMEL
Wrestling...?
Wrestling...?
Winter can feel a long and often
bleak season along our Aegean
coast, but every year, on the third
Sunday in January, large beasts
adorned in brightly colored kilims,
wool tassels, and brass bells arrive in
Selcuk to remind us that our region
in steeped in age-old customs...some
a little more peculiar than others.
bleak season along our Aegean
coast, but every year, on the third
Sunday in January, large beasts
adorned in brightly colored kilims,
wool tassels, and brass bells arrive in
Selcuk to remind us that our region
in steeped in age-old customs...some
a little more peculiar than others.
In the view of this foreign woman,
a tradition like this seems to have
been started just to get bored men
out of the house after a season of
"cabin fever", combining months of
care and training of the camels
with the spectacle of competition
between neighboring Western
Anatolian villages.
a tradition like this seems to have
been started just to get bored men
out of the house after a season of
"cabin fever", combining months of
care and training of the camels
with the spectacle of competition
between neighboring Western
Anatolian villages.
But by the end of a festive day, the
huge local crowds, whether intently
watching and wagering which
mammoth animal will best another in
a series of neck-wrangling moves, or
more interested in the grilled food,
cold beer and comraderie of their
friends, all wander home, happy and
satiated with the spectacle of camel
wrestling.
huge local crowds, whether intently
watching and wagering which
mammoth animal will best another in
a series of neck-wrangling moves, or
more interested in the grilled food,
cold beer and comraderie of their
friends, all wander home, happy and
satiated with the spectacle of camel
wrestling.
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| Vintage Turkish and Central Asian Treasures Selcuk, Izmir Turkiye 90.538.783.5709 ccsbayar@gmail.com |
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| Vintage Turkish and Central Asian Treasures Selcuk, Izmir Turkiye 90.538.783.5709 ccsbayar@gmail.com |
| Vintage Turkish & Central Asian Treasures Selcuk, Izmir Turkiye 90.538.783.5709 ccsbayar@gmail.com |