Oil wrestling
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oil-wrestling-165-10319309
title:
Oil wrestling
text:
Oil wrestling, also called grease wrestling, is a traditional Turkish sport where participants, called pehlivan (wrestlers) or başpehlivan, wrestle while covered in oil. Competitions are held in a proving ground called an er meydanı. Oil wrestling was performed by ancient communities 4,500 years ago in Thrace and the Balkans. As the Ottoman Empire extended into Europe, oil wrestling competitions have been held ceremoniously until modern times. Unlike Olympic wrestling, oil wrestling matches may
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Traditional Turkish sport
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_wrestling
date created:
2004-09-16T06:59:20Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T10:51:36Z
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