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Rare Beauties Seen in Camel Pageant
Arab News ^
| May 14,2004
| Staff
Posted on 05/14/2004 1:19:20 PM PDT by billorites
JEDDAH, 14 May 2004 — A beauty contest for camels was held recently in Hayaniya village, 190 km north of Baqaa in the Hail region, attracting more than 5,000 people from the Kingdom.
Some 2,500 camels were entered in the rare contest to win the Prince Sultan ibn Muhammad Cup.
Competitions were held for four types of camels with 100 camels (25 in each category) declared winners. Cash prizes worth SR600,000 were distributed by Jedaie ibn Awad Laghaisem on behalf of Prince Sultan at the end of the event.
The contest was held over three days, turning Hayaniya village into a virtual city because of the large inflow of camel fans from various parts of the country, Al-Watan reported. Many people have asked the organizers to make it an annual event. An auction for camels was also held. One camel received a bid of SR2 million but its owner refused to sell it, the paper said.
According to Farhan Al-Shammary, a participant, the jury selected the winners on the basis of the size of the camel’s head, length of its lips and shape of its hump in addition to its strength.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: camels
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To: najida
"Maybe it was when I asked if the camel liked grits that made him refuse" LOL!
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posted on
05/14/2004 1:47:38 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: sweetliberty
What can I say, they're VERY passionate about their camels.
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posted on
05/14/2004 1:49:00 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Bretheren & Sisteren In Chaos Inc, LLC "We're All About Bad Ideas!")
To: billorites
Competitions were held for four types of camels?
I thought there were only two types: one hump or two.
Anybody know what the other two are?
A three hump camel?
Humpless?
To: Willie Green
?
Filtered and unfiltered?
44
posted on
05/14/2004 1:55:24 PM PDT
by
spoiler2
To: fishtank
Stop it! LOL! *choke* I can't drink my water!
45
posted on
05/14/2004 1:56:17 PM PDT
by
Snowy
(Microsoft: "You've got questions? We've got dancing paperclips.")
To: Willie Green
Well, I know there are racing camels and pack camels.
I had a long and interesting talk with a fellow from Pakistan selling ties from a pushcart in the mall. He was a professional camel racer back home. He described the various types of camels to me, but I only remember those two.
It makes sense, because race horses and pack horses have very different body types, temperaments, and bloodlines. And if we get really technical, there must be at least a dozen different types of horses . . . so why not camels?
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posted on
05/14/2004 1:56:24 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of Venery (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: Willie Green
I thought there were only two types: one hump or two. Anybody know what the other two are? A three hump camel? Humpless? Blonde vs. brunette?
47
posted on
05/14/2004 1:58:19 PM PDT
by
kevkrom
(The John Kerry Songbook: www.imakrom.com/kerrysongs)
To: billorites
Ever had a camel?
Well, there were some girls in college that might have had a hump or two......nevermind.
To: billorites
"Kiss me. I'm beautiful!"
49
posted on
05/14/2004 2:02:21 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Good evening. I'm Sydney Biddle-Barrows, and welcome to Whore Stories!)
To: Willie Green
Dromedary and Bactrian! I smoked Camels in my yute! First I'd marinate them in bourbon and them I'd smoke 'em! Best barbeque I ever et!
BTW the punchline goes...."Lieutenant! What are you doin'? We ride the camel into town to visit the brothel!
To: mhking
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posted on
05/14/2004 2:04:01 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Good evening. I'm Sydney Biddle-Barrows, and welcome to Whore Stories!)
To: martin_fierro
To: fishtank
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posted on
05/14/2004 2:23:40 PM PDT
by
neutrino
(Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences. Robert Louis Stevenson.)
To: Only1choice____Freedom
Does it say Helen Thomas won?
She took to the skies when she was overwhelmed with children throwing quarters at her, for a ride on her hump.
Now she travels alone...
To: billorites
Saudi Arabia: where the camels are more beautiful than the women. Hell, where camels are the women.
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posted on
05/14/2004 2:27:04 PM PDT
by
Alouette
(The U.N. came out of Satan's anus.)
To: Young Werther
I remember when David Letterman had a woman on who had eaten a lot of camel in her day and said it tasted great - particularly the hump. She then asked Dave if he's ever had the hump of a camel. He said no, but when he was younger, he was pretty good...
One of my favorite Letterman moments...
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
You know what advise Arafat gave Clinton -
Camels don't tell.
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posted on
05/14/2004 3:52:49 PM PDT
by
chainsaw
(http://www.hanoi-john.org.)
To: ctlpdad
You know, I have *lots* of jokes I'm just dying to post, but I am practicing some major self-restraint here!
58
posted on
05/14/2004 4:16:35 PM PDT
by
NYC GOP Chick
("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
To: fishtank
I don't think I want to ask where you found that picture!
59
posted on
05/14/2004 4:17:22 PM PDT
by
NYC GOP Chick
("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
To: CollegeRepublican
They have them here for cattle, goats, sheep - they are called county and state fairs.
Not to mention dog and cat shows.
I have been to all the above, wouldn't mind seeing a camel show.
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posted on
05/14/2004 4:25:50 PM PDT
by
buwaya
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