Camels at the finish line. /
World Cup Qatar 2022
In Qatar, camel racing arouses more passions than football. They have robot riders and the winners can pocket more than 60,000 euros
Falaj enters the stable foaming at the mouth. He looks exhausted, his muscles still twitching, his hunched back. The keepers take it by the bridles, caress it and smear its head and neck with orange mud. “It is a perfumed ointment that is only applied to the winners,” they explain. Falaj seems to like it.
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