Turkish Wrestler (4 of 4)

A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, watches his assistant practising an acrobatic trick handstand on a chair surrounded by dumbells. A series of cards (4 of 4) depicting a Turkish wrestler, juggler, weightlifter, strongman and entertainer. Yagli gures (Turkish wrestling) is the Turkish national sport. It is commonly known as oil wrestling (sometimes as grease wrestling) because the wrestlers douse themselves with olive oil. It is related to Uzbek Kurash, Tuvan Khuresh and to Tatar Koras. The wrestlers, known as pehlivan (from Persian meaning hero or champion') wear a type of hand-stitched lederhosen called kisbet (sometimes kispet), which were traditionally made of water buffalo hide, but now also of calf leather

Acrobatic Acrobatics Balancing Bells Camo Daft Dumb Dumbells Entertaining Handstand Juggler Practising Reza Riza Silly Strongman Strongmen Trick Wacky Weightlifter Weightlifting Weird Wrestle Wrestler Wrestlers Wrestling Zany

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