Thrace, Greece, August 2002  Village Oil Wrestling Contest A few times a year along the borders of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey, summer festivals are enhanced  by village wrestling contests that are attended by locals along all three countries. The events in usually hosted in open fields, where participants pour olive oil over their leather pants and bodies before each match.  Historically, popularized by Turkey’s famed summer contests, this tradition goes as far back to the ancient Greco-Roman wrestling.

Thrace, Greece, August 2002

 Village Oil Wrestling Contest

A few times a year along the borders of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey, summer festivals are enhanced  by village wrestling contests that are attended by locals along all three countries. The events in usually hosted in open fields, where participants pour olive oil over their leather pants and bodies before each match.  Historically, popularized by Turkey’s famed summer contests, this tradition goes as far back to the ancient Greco-Roman wrestling.

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