Elmalı, Turkey grease wrestling
This is the 658th year of oil wrestling and the dates are in early August. There will be celebrations in Elmalı all the week before..
The event takes place in the large stadium. Wrestlers come from all over Turkey, to engage in this highly competitive sport made popular long ago in Ottoman times. The contest lasts for three days and over 100 wrestlers participate.
See the Elmalı municipality web site for dates and an event schedule for grease wrestling.
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