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Camel Beauty Contest_National Geographic magazine 8/2009 73 images Created 1 Apr 2021

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  • Bedouin spectators overlook camel parade grounds and judging pens.
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  • A camel is hoisted aloft for a massage to limber it for competition.
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  • Camel parade grounds and judging pens.
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  • Men gather in the shade of a tent to socialize at a camel competition.
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  • Calves are used to lure camel mothers to the parade ground gate.
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  • Entrants arriving for the camel contest in cars and trucks.
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  • Camels are washed in preparation for the contest and competition.
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  • At a camel competition, entrants sit around a campfire.
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  • Hired trainers with their camels at the competition.
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  • Under the shelter of a tent, camel contest entrants eat lunch.
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  • Cars and cash are the prizes for winning camels in the competition.
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  • Dark and light camels line up for an annual beauty contest.
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  • Camels converge on Abu Dhabi for an annual beauty contest.
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  • At a camel competition, entrants sit around a campfire.
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  • Bedouin spectators overlook camel parade grounds and judging pens.
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  • A trainer controls camels preparing for a morning judging.
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  • A trainer coaxes camels to the judging area by giving them a treat.
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  • Camels are decorated with tassels for a camel beauty contest.
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  • Camels are decorated with tassels for a camel beauty contest.
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  • Friends gather to socialize at a camel competition.
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  • Trainers at a camel contest watch over the valuable animals at night.
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  • At a camel competition, entrants sit around a campfire.
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  • A man leads a baby camel through the chaos of four wheel drive vehicles.
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  • Hired trainers with their camels at the competition.
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  • Hired trainers with their camels at the competition.
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  • Families gather and pass time waiting for their camels to be judged.
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  • Hired trainers with their camels at the competition.
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  • A hoist lifts a camel into a truck for his journey home.
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  • Calves are used to lure camel mothers to the parade grounds gate.
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  • Barbed wire fencing for the camels auctioned after the judging.
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  • Covered women photographers gather for a view of the Ruler of Alain.
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  • Ruler of Alain arrives at the suq area of the camel beauty contest.
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  • A covered woman photographs Sheik Tahnoon Bin Mohamed, Ruler of Alain.
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  • Camels have help mating at the camel beauty contest compound.
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  • Men gather in the shade of a tent to socialize at a camel competition.
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  • Men gather in the shade of a tent to socialize at a camel competition.
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  • Men gather in the shade of a tent to socialize at a camel competition.
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  • Tents are set up, carpets laid on the sand and lavish food is shared.
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  • A family parades their camels for all their neighbors to admire.
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  • A family parades their camels for all their neighbors to admire.
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  • A family parades their camels for all their neighbors to admire.
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  • Early morning fog at the camel beauty contest.
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  • Calves are used to lure camel mothers to the parade ground gate.
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  • Camel's feet spread apart to keep them from sinking into the sand.
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  • Hired trainers with their camels at the competition.
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  • Camels are decorated with tassels for the annual beauty contest.
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  • A female camel gently touches her owner.
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  • A boy patting a prized camel.
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  • Sunrise brings early competitors to the camel beauty contest.
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  • Sunrise brings early competitors to the camel beauty contest.
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  • A trainer herds camels for a morning judging.
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  • A boy riding a baby camel.
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  • A family prays at sunset near the campfire at the contest compound.
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  • A hoist lifts a camel into a truck for his journey home.
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  • Arriving for the camel contest in cars, trucks and by camel.
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  • Racing camels are exercised in the morning to stay in shape.
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  • Racing camels are exercised in the morning to stay in shape.
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  • Racing camels are exercised in the morning to stay in shape.
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  • Camel's feet spread apart to keep them from sinking into the sand.
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  • Camels converge on Abu Dhabi for an annual beauty contest.
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  • A curious baby camel.
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  • A curious baby camel.
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  • A hoist lifts a camel into a truck for her journey home.
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  • A hoist lifts a camel into a truck for her journey home.
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  • A camel is gently touched by its handler.
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  • A camel is gently touched by its handler.
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  • Camels are washed in preparation for the camel beauty contest.
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  • Camels are washed in preparation for the camel beauty contest.
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  • Sandals are removed before entering tents.
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  • Hired trainers with their camels at the camel beauty contest.
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  • A camel with oblong nostrils and drooping lips.
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  • A camel with oblong nostrils and drooping lips.
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  • Photographer, Melissa Farlow, at the annual camel beauty contest.
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