Monday, June 13, 2016

Ramadan 2016, Day 7 - Camel Television




Camels are serious business in the Gulf. Herding is not as widespread as in the past but camel racing remains a popular sport and there are also events like camel beauty contests, for example:

https://www.vice.com/read/photos-from-the-2015-miss-camel-beauty-contest-111

I have seen camel races but never a beauty pagent. Turns out everyone can watch if they know the timing of the pagent, boy was I surprised when a friend told me that there's a TV station dedicated to camels and camel events, Al Saha TV.

http://alsahaonline.tv/

If you can't see the livestream there's an example of the programming on this YouTube video (10 minutes of what I assume are camels gearing up for a race or an upcoming beauty pagent).

So there you go, your TV station for all things camel.


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