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- Grease Wrestling at Kirpinar
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For 630 years the celebrated Kirkpinar oil wrestling tournament has commenced with this chant. The master of the festival, known as the cazgir, recites a prayer for the wrestlers. Then the drums zurna (a wind instrument with a double reed) begin to play, hundreds of wrestlers bow in salute, and the first pairs lock in combat on the green meadow...
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- Edirnem.org: Edirne City Gude
Includes information on accommodations, the Kirpinar Oil Wrestling Competition, dining and night life, museums and tourist information, and the districts of Edirne.
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- Kirkpinar Greased Wrestling Matches
An interesting report first published by the Turkish Daily News on 18 July 99.
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- Oil Wrestling Videos for Sale
Here come the Turks! Are freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling just too tame for you? Is TV “rassling” too phoney? Then you’re ready for Yagli Gures (“yaw-luh gresh”) the gutsy national sport of the greatest fighters in the world.
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- The Traditional Turkish Sport, Wrestling
A page of text, photos, and links of the Kirpinar Oil Wrestling Competition in Edirne.
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