Camel beauty contests take center stage at a celebration of Bedouin culture

Re:Camel beauty contests take center stage at a celebration ... by rpmisms on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @01:51PM (#29395880)

Bad title on NYT's part. The west has dog "beauty contests".

That being said, there is something very cool about appreciating the grace and power of a traditionally ugly beast of burden.

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Re:Camel beauty contests take center stage at a celebration ... by themitigating on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:09PM (#29396122)

What's bad about the title? It's just saying this exists and it's part of their culture. In no way does it imply it's strange.

It's not "Beauty contests for an animal? This unusual cultural event comes to us from.." or something

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Re:Camel beauty contests take center stage at a celebration ... by solohan on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:31PM (#29396377)

I was confused as well. Perhaps they're referring to the actual title of the article on nytimes.com which is "Meet the Beauty Queens of Al Dhafra". I like the HN title better too.

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Re:Camel beauty contests take center stage at a celebration ... by rpmisms on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:29PM (#29396357)

We call them Dog Shows, why would this not be a Camel Show?

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Re:Camel beauty contests take center stage at a celebration ... by crooked-v on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @03:11PM (#29396875)

Different languages have different colloquialisms.

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Re:Camel beauty contests take center stage at a celebration ... by rpmisms on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @06:19PM (#29398689)

So why not use ours, for an article in our language?

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