Like Sumo Wrestling, With Lots Of Spit: Camels Tussle In Turkey




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Summary: Call it "the rumble by the ruins." Each year, Turkey's toughest camels gather in Selcuk, near the Aegean Sea, for the Camel Wrestling Championship. It's a Turkic tradition dating back thousands of years. But it is a tradition under threat.