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Typical
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Oil wrestling A racket of the special kind is the Turkish oil wrestling . A very popular sport which has his origin in Turkey. It resembles a nation celebration in every respect. In many provinces and also vacation places of Turkey such competitions occur regularly. The heavy-important winners in the oil ring fight enjoys a lot of renown and gains also grand victory bonuses. The here shown pictures were made in Kumluca (near Antalya). During this competition approx. 500 wrestlers lined up from the whole Turkey in three weight-classes.In any case it is a very "slick" matter an oil wrestling (Turkish: yağlı güreş), all oil wrestlers lubricate themselves with plenty of vegetable oil before the fights. And in that the effect lies. Winner is the wrestler to whom it is managed to bring his opponent onto the back. That is not a slight task. One slip again and again off on the oil film and cannot make a strong grip that the opponent can not escape. Even "grips" into the specific leather shorts are allowed. The studs on the rear waistband show with who one has to do it. But see yourself: You see additional photos of the oil wrestling here: www.fotobox24.com
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