It is reported that the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Saudi Arabia is being held near the capital Riyadh. The 28-day camel festival includes camel beauty contest, race, password training, camel hair art exhibition and camel photo exhibition. The total prize money of the whole camel festival is as high as 57 million dollars, so the camels and their owners are under great pressure.
Last year, the main committee of the Camel Festival beauty contest formulated a new competition manual, pointing out that camels are not allowed to participate in the competition if their lips are injected with drugs, their faces are trimmed and any artificial modifications and changes are made. In this year's competition, 12 camels were found to have been injected with Botox, which was disqualified by the organizers.
Camel is the symbol of Saudi Arabia. "Camels used to be our important means of transportation, but now we have incorporated them into entertainment activities. In recent years, the Saudi royal family has emphasized the importance of traditional culture and paid more attention to the Camel Festival. "
According to reports, the Saudi camel festival has been held in a distant desert before, and it has been moved to the outskirts of the capital Riyadh since last year. The government has specially set up a permanent camel festival venue where camel competitions and camel auctions can be held. The organizers of the camel festival said that the venue of the camel festival will be expanded in the next few years, and the government will set up a camel club to take charge of the camel festival. Halfway through this year's camel festival, so far, the number of tourists has increased by one third compared with last year.
Some people are opportunistic when there are games and should be banned.