A story of Arabia's on-going obsession with the Camel. When first domesticated, around 3000 BC, the Camel brought about genuine social and economic change, allowing the Arabian people to travel and trade across vast desert distances . Over...See moreA story of Arabia's on-going obsession with the Camel. When first domesticated, around 3000 BC, the Camel brought about genuine social and economic change, allowing the Arabian people to travel and trade across vast desert distances . Over 5000 years later, and the region still has not lost it's passion for the "Ships of the Desert"; best depicted in the annual, King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, in Saudi Arabia. Offering prize money of over 57 million USD, the pick of the events is the Camel Beauty contest. With the 100 Camel category, the most fiercely contested of them all. An encounter where two rival Bedouin tribes go head to head in a competition that often boils over with emotion, as they vie for the illustrious title of having the 100 most beautiful camels on the planet.
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