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oO 1 READ the article about a popular annual event in Abu Dhabi.
In what way does it celebrate the past?

Who's the loveliest of them all?

The contest participants come from near and far. They wear gold and silver and flutter! their
long eyelashes. However, this is no ordinary beauty contest. The competition takes place ina
remote part of Abu Dhabi, one of the United Arab Emirates. There are about 25,000 contestants
and they all have large heads, floppy lips, and long legs. They come from all over the Arabian
Peninsula for Al Dhafra, the annual beauty contest for camels. Yes, camels.
To prepare for the contest, experienced trainers help owners to make their camels look their
best. The camels are fed special food to make them healthy and strong. They are also washed
from top to bottom, which makes their hair shine. Sometimes the trainers get the camels to
loosen up by massaging them. Then, the camels are decorated.

The beauty contest lasts ten days. Each day, the trainers have the camels walk in front of the
judges. The judges evaluate the size of the camel’s head, the length of the neck, and the size and
shape of the hump.” The owners of top-scoring camels win millions of dollars. The most exciting
day is the last one, when the judges choose the most beautiful camel of all.

A winning camel brings a lot of prestige? to an owner; however, the contest is about
much more. Historically, the camel provided people of the desert with food, clothing, and
transportation. Al Dhafra lets this community celebrate their traditional relationship with
camels, the much loved “ships of the desert.”
1 flutter: to quickly move up and down
2 hump: the large lump on a camel's back
8 prestige: being admired or respected

V These long-legged, floppy-
lipped, big-eyed camels are

getting ready for a big day.

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