NEWS
Historical Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Festival to kick off on Friday
15:27 July 04, 2019 AA
The annual Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival will be held for the 658th time on Friday in the northwestern province of Edirne.The event is one of the oldest wrestling festivals in the world. Oil wrestling is a type of wrestling where the wrestlers (pehlivan) wear leather pants (kispet) tied with a rope at the waist and cuff, and compete on grass after being slathered in olive oil.