Flutter those long eyelashes.

These camels are in a beauty pageant. (AP/Isabel DeBre)
Judges talk. Which camel is the best? (AP/Kamran Jebreili)
Families bring their camels to the contest. (AP/Isabel DeBre)
Thousands of camels came to the festival. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)
This winning camel is crowned with a silver blanket. (AP/Isabel DeBre)

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Long necks. Wide cheeks. Large hooves. Droopy lips. It is a camel beauty contest!

Owners bring their woolly camels to a fair in the sandy desert. Winning camels get shiny trophies and silver and gold capes.

Pray: Thank God for the family you belong to and the traditions you learn from them.

Read More: The Al Dhafra Festival is held in the United Arab Emirates. Breeders brought 40,000 camels to take part in the December contest. They came from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. Camels are not as important in the Emirates as they once were. But they still are sources of milk and meat. And they remind young people of their country’s history. Traders in Bible times used camels to carry goods from the Middle East to Egypt. They rode in groups to discourage robbers. Read Genesis 37:25-28 to see how camels were used in Joseph’s life.