This is a view of camel wrestling, held annually in Selcuk, Turkey. Its history is old, although there are many theories,2000Some records indicate that it has been practiced in Turkey for as long as a year.
The onlooker must be on constant alert as it continues for several minutes until the stronger one knocks the weaker one to the ground or until one of them screams or runs away into the crowd.12From the middle of the month3Camel wrestling is in the league season until around March, and you should definitely see it when you visit Turkey.
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