"How Do You Dress a Turkish Wrestler? In Olive Oil and Leather Britches
Old Sport's New Rules Are Too Slick to Some; 'You Have to Know How to Grab the Kispet'
By MARC CHAMPION
EDIRNE, Turkey—Turkish oil wrestling is all about the leather britches.
For three days this weekend, some 1,500 men—from 11-year-old striplings to improbably muscled Goliaths—donned long, thick, black pants made of water-buffalo and cowhide. Then, they doused themselves in olive oil from head to toe and strode into a grassy gladiatorial arena."
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