Dubai<\/span> has bought a female camel for a record 2.72 million dollars, an organiser at a camel beauty pageant said on Monday.<\/p>\nSheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum "bought camels… worth 16.5 million dirhams (4.49 million dollars), including a female camel… for 10 million dirhams (2.72 million dollars)," Hamad bin Kardoum al-Amiri said.<\/p>\n
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Amiri, quoted by the official WAM news agency, made the remarks on the sidelines of the nine-day beauty pageant which opened on Wednesday in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi<\/span>.<\/p>\nMore than 10,000 camels — including females which are the fasting racing camels — from across the Gulf are competing for prize money totalling around 9.5 million dollars. One hundred cars are also up for grabs.<\/p>\n
The contest is part of a camel festival in Abu Dhabi that aims to celebrate and preserve the region’s cultural heritage.<\/p>\n
Oil-rich Abu Dhabi, one of seven emirates that make up the UAE<\/span> federation, produced the world’s first test-tube purebred camel and has begun using remote-controlled robot riders in its camel races in place of child jockeys.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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