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The start of the Kirkpinar
Oil Wrestling Tournament and Horse Racing
The first day was
reserved for entertainment. Yoruk (the name given to horses owned by
people who migrate from plato to plato in search of grazing land for their
livestock) races, donkey and sack races were being held in the oil
wrestling field.
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Although Yoruk races are similar to today's horse racing, these were
long-range races. The range of these Yoruk horse races is almost six hours
starting from Kara agac village of Edirne and railway bridge to the
Kirkpinar. Yoruk horses start the race from Railway Bridge. An arrangement
is set up in order to announce the approaching Yoruk horses to the
Kirkpinar. This arrangement is in the form of setting up a spotter in
Hisar tepe area of Samona village. When the Yoruk horses approached to the
Samona village, the spotter in Hisar tepe starts to wave the flag in his
hand. People coming to Kirkpinar on foot, horse carriages or horses
immediately open the road for the passage of Yoruk horses after seeing the
flag being waved by the spotter. |
When the Yoruk horses approached the Kirkpinar, a line simulating the end
of the race is set up. Horses passing this line win their degrees
according to their order of passing this line. Horses and their jokers are
awarded with awards and bonuses by the Agha of Kirkpinar.
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