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Without Them, Kırkpınar is
nothing
Kırkpınar cannot be thought without agha, wrestler without prelude,
announcer without prays and drums without horn. Surviving of Kırkpınar for
centuries without losing anything from its origin has been provided by
perpetuating these customs and values.
The most important person of the Kırkpınar wrestling is the Kırkpınar
Agha without a shadow of doubt. He gives a novel touch to Kırkpınar
with his specially arranged costume during wrestling. Kırkpınar cannot be
thought without him.
Before wrestling, the graves of great world wrestlers are visited; their
prayers are said, the opening chapter of the Koran… Than, wrestlers
come to the field of contest for brave men, they start to prepare for
wrestling.
Before starting to wrestle they need to grease themselves well; the
greaser pour grease from their ewers unto the wrestlers… Than, the
announcer appears and starts to tell (Bald) Kel Aliço, (Great) Koca
Yusuf, (Islander) Adalı Halil, Kurtdereli… And he tells the soul of
Kırkpınar by making the eyes weep. He finishes his story with a pray;
Allah Allah, İllallah; Alkışlarla diyelim Maşallah! The wrestling
passes fighting savagely accompanied by drum and horn. As the
strength of the wrestling increases, the sound of the drum increases, too.
Giving a cloth to clean the grease on the eyes is the job of the cloth
men; right management is the duty of both the field referee and
the tower referee.
In the final, two brave men wrestle with each other; but only one of them
becomes the wrestling champion.
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