Spectators, Edirne, Turkey, July 8, 2013
The bench
This and the next two from Çay with Jim
The following group are fro Les lutteurs huilés de Turquie 3 - Blog de maxxxim Blog Maxxim has is worth further exploration:
on at least 48 websites;
can't verify that these images are all from
the 2013 yağlı güreş.
This is the text accompanying this interresting picture:
A Turkish oil wrestler rests on July 7, 2013 during the 652nd annual Kirkpinar oil wrestling tournament in Sarayici, near Edirne. In Kirkpinar, contestants are drenched in olive oil from head to toe, are stripped to the waist, and wear specially designed leather trousers. The one-on-one combats staged every summer closely resemble the first ones held nearly 650 years ago. Three tons are of olive oil are used each year.
AFP PHOTO/GURCAN OZTURK
(Photo credit should read
GURCAN OZTURK/AFP/Getty Images)
The next group of images is from Fight Lads, published on July17, 2013:
Attend to the quality of the light.
The caption for this fine image is "652nd Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Competition Kicks off in Edirne". "Kirkpinar" is the name of the annual Turkish oil wrestling competition. This vigorous action shot is the one selected to represent the competition:
Finally, here are some portraits of some of the competitors, slightly marred by the image owner so he would be sure to get proper credit, which I am please to give. Though marred, the strength of the charater shines through.
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