@Christopher Scott no just thought it was odd that you said a few years when it was 11. And WTF does that have to do with stopping in Turkey? Yes, it was in the video, but I didn't mention that in my comment, so it was a complete non-sequitor.
I went Egypt with my Partner and a guy asked me how many camels for her. When we got home i told her dad i had been offered the camels for her, he said, whats she doing here and where are my camels 😂
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Idk if you know this, but they were messing with you 😭lmao bc they know the assumptions and stereptypes
@@halaali2296 we actually had great time in Egypt, the locals are super chilled and yes, we knew it was a joke, we had a good laugh with the guy who actually had a camel with him and was letting people sit on it for pictures. We did not do that as we had already been on a trip to visit the bedouin people and dine with them, which was fantastic, but tipped him well for his hospitality anyway. Of course he was having a laugh as were my partners dad and myself when I told him. The point of the story is to highlight how friendly and fun Egyptian people are, I will certainly be returning for another great holiday.
Same thing happened to me and my dad about 20 years ago when we traveled to Egypt. I was 15. My dad got offered 200 camels for me. When he told me about it he said: "Well I had to pause and think about it. That's alot of camels!" 🙈😆
Great comment! Once you hear the full speech this is even more evident. I just posted the full video as so many people were asking about it - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q_Zw7_tkOuA.html
True story! When I was in college (1987-92), a musical group from Kenya came to perform. I was part of the college's welcoming committee. Before they left, one of the men offered 100 cows to my dad if he could marry me. This became the joke at my next family reunion where every goof or bad move I made in a game docked me another cow or two. By the end of the reunion, my dad was gonna be paying the guy to take me.
@@liubovpiano9573 Precisely. No desert here just high mountains & beautiful beaches. It's like going to England & asking someone if they know the King 🤣😂🥳
Once, when working aboard a cargo ship, I noticed that every single one of my crewmates were acting differently. We were tied up alongside another vessel, transferring cargo, in the middle of the ocean. We had been doing this for weeks, so I didn't understand their odd behavior. One of them pulled me back into the house to warn me. Some of the crew on the other vessel had been trying to get my guys to trade for me. We were all on high alert with that crew, and the captain got us away from them as quickly as possible as soon as the work was done. I literally could have been one of those disappearance stories. *shudder I'm still grateful, decades later, for my guys protecting me. We all had a good professional working relationship.
@@yikes7963 A man offering another man to take away a western woman for a price, without any direct contact with the woman in question. That's exactly the same thing. Human trafficking is real. Women and girls are in danger daily.
@@skyhighlihithe same thing happened to me. 1973. I was worth 3 shops 2 houses and 40 camels. They didn't sell me 😂 Did you not see the camel farms, or them being used as transport and in the fields ? They have loads of camels.
Thank you for thinking so much of your daughter. It shines through with your good sense of humor that you have towards life and in an unspoken language, letting her know how much you love her.
This happened to my Grampy once. A fella in Egypt offered him 60 Camels for our Nan. He replied in his thick welsh accent. "No thank you boyyo. I dont smoke them!"
This really happened to me. My dad worked for a huge oil company in Saudi Arabia. I have blonde hair and green eyes.He was approached a few times where they offered livestock for me. Good thing my dad didn’t need any livestock lol.
He looks to be in his 40's maybe even 50's which is about the average age for someone with a child in their 20's getting married which is what his daughter looks. How is that so young?
I always had a fascination for other people's houses. The furnitures, the decoration, it speaks alot about their lives. If they show off their hobbies (collections, a cupboard full of stuff etc) it's even better. It speaks they have a rich, happy and fulfilling lives.
Turkey is not within the normal habitat range for Camels. Also, traditionally in Middle Eastern societies, the dowry is paid by the family of the bride to the groom. The "how many camels?" question would need to be reversed.
My husband once was asked the same question about me😅we were in France on vacation and went into a restaurant. This Arab looking guy came to our table. I was almost sold😂😂😂
Many years ago I was at a formal business affair at the NYC Plaza hotel. I noticed an Arab Sheik and his sizeable entourage in the lobby. They were all very tall and quite impressive, so I was fascinated. My fiance' was later approached by one of the men who seriously asked him how much he would like to "purchase" ME!!!??? 😮 At first he thought it was a joke, but the man explained The Sheik had been taken with my beauty, and wished to add ME to his harem!!!!!! WHAT?? I asked my fiance' what he told them and he told them that I wasn't for sale, that WE DON'T sell people!! Then he gave a sly smile and said, "You know, I probably should have first asked him, HOW MUCH???" 😂😂
@@sailorarwen6101 We laughed about it at the time, being so very young and naive about how the world worked. The scary part is that 2 years prior, a very wealthy Argentinian man made a similar proposition to me (minus the harem) when I was traveling in London at the tender age of 20. In hindsight, I believe I dodged a few bullets. Fortunately, I'm now far too old, and the bloom of youth a distant memory.
@@marial8415 so ignorant! 1- the “orient” is not all one! 2- check your facts because both Arabs and Turks may belong to one of many faiths, including Islam, Christianity, Judaism and others! 3- I’m Arab and no, we don’t take camels as dowry! Yes camels do live in the Arab peninsula, but making a cultural ignorant point and racist joke is NOT funny! If you’re that ignorant, just go back to your own culture and talk about butter churning or something
The look of surprise and intermittent anxiety on the bride’s face at what her father may say next … lol 😂 I’m sure it ended up really sweet about how lucky they are to have each other. I would’ve watched this entire father-of-the-bride speech.
The answer Google provides: The average dowry size was 16.5 sheep units, where one camel is valued at about 10 sheep or goats. The traditional brideprice is 3 camels. Each son takes about 10 camels for his marriage, when brideprice is accounted for.
Same thing happened to my daughter in Israel, when an Arabic man in a shop in Jerusalem offered me 10 camels, when I laughed at him (cause I thought he was joking), he then offered 15 camels, sheep and chickens….. I motioned my daughter to get the hell out of that shop
@@janiceal-najjar5093 There are many Arabs - now called Palestinians, in Israel because unlike your brethren that kicked out every Jew from neighbouring Arab countries, Israel did not kick out every non Jew when the country was taken back in 1948.
😂😅🤣!!!! No, he didn't!! His speech is the best thing I've heard today! I bet he's the life of any party, or gathering. Especially in a personal relationship. 😉💯👌🏽😁
I am Turkish, born in Istanbul and never seen a single camel in Turkey. He made it up but still is a funny story 😂😂 Edit: after reading some of the comments, I am pretty surprised how many people believed in this story.. and tell that they had similar stories. 😮
I’m seriously curious where in Turkey they are trading camels. I’m Turkish too, and I don’t know a single person who owns or trades camels anywhere in Turkey 🙄
Idk about Turkey but my cousin and her family went to Egypt and her dad was offered camels for her. I was a young kid then. It was the first time I heard of anything like that at all.
Back in the '70's, on a school trip to the north of Israel , an Arab man asked our counselor how many camels for my friend and me, he wanted a blond (myself, American) and a dark girl (my friend, a Yemenite) good thing our counselor turned him down!!!😅😂
Karen Malovani. What is it with all you people who were in Israel, but it was an Arab man that approached you? Such a load of liars. Arab men have higher standards than to barter for a tourist
@@janiceal-najjar5093 Why so mad at her,that was her experience. Arab men have higher standards you say? Nope,they don't, I know, I used to be a tour guide in Asia.
@@janiceal-najjar5093 i have witnessed several arab men attempt to barter for both my sister and mother while in israel and egypt, it’s was crazy common and super uncomfortable. it does happen quite a lot, we were literally assigned for the groups guard to stay with us because there were two young girls and my mother
@@RelaxingForLife true. My experience was in Tunesia. Not sure why he's telling the story about Turkey, do they even keep camels like that in Turkey? Then again, I've only been to big cities like Istanbul and Ankara, so I can't vouch for the entire country.
Lol! The same thing happened when my family won a trip to Disneyland. We took bus trip to Tiajuana and some guy made a similar offer to my husband for our blonde, blue-eyed 15 year old daughter. He was joking though and my husband played along, much to my daughters dismay lol!
The other parts of his speech are hilarious too! I just posted the full video as so many people were asking about it - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q_Zw7_tkOuA.html
You don't ask the father if your trying to kidnap her. Offering livestock is basically a traditional way of making a proposal in the Middle East. There is no concept of a dating phase.
And I am certain this is just a joke all made up because Camels and camel trade is virtually nonexistent in Turkey and this is not how the Turks get married. Especially in the places where you can get to with a cruise.
Its not kidnapping. Look up the definition. Plus not that uncommon in parts of the world. Not saying its right, but you should get out more. Just don’t force your view on people how live differently than you
Australian feral camels are introduced populations of dromedary, or one-humped, camel (Camelus dromedarius-from North Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent). Imported as valuable beasts-of-burden from British India and Afghanistan[1] during the 19th century (for transport and sustenance during the exploration and colonisation of the Red Centre), many were casually released into the wild after motorised transport negated the use of camels in the early 20th century. This resulted in a fast-growing feral population with numerous ecological, agricultural and social impacts.
This happened to my mother when my paternal grandfather took her on a trip to Israel and Turkey. My mom had red hair and green eyes, which it seems was very lucky in Turkey. My grandfather said that she was already married and not for sale under at all. The guy really wanted her but my grandfather refused to discuss it. He got many offers for her during that trip.
He made it into a cute story, but it could’ve turned out terribly. If you take any females with you on a cruise you better never let them go anywhere alone
I mean the guy asked. That's better than what often happens in the US where women just disappear. Watch a little true crime. There's an infamous "highway of tears" known for it. I'm sure it happens all over the world.
@@zinazina6367This is in general. Where you live and where you travel-be aware of your surroundings and the people in it. Remember-the strangers who want to do you harm-they assume you don’t notice them in the first place. Practice eye contact in passing and keep your head on swivel with your surroundings-especially in parking lots. So, make it a routine that when you travel anywhere-even to the grocery store-that at least one reliable person knows you are going. If you are not doing anything bad, then what is the harm in letting someone know where you are going? “Because I want my privacy”-that would be an immature response.
Over 48 years ago family friends went on a vacation, when they returned they related a similar story. They declined to sell their daughter. They said that for the next 2 weeks their daughter was never out of their sight as the people who propositioned them observed their every move. They never travelled to that country ever again. Clearly this happens more than people know regardless of the passage of time.
I believe I need to clarify something regarding the idea of selling. In Islam it is required by the groom to give a gift to the bride call “mahr”, it is basically the opposite of a dowry which is provided by the family of the bride to be given to the groom. Mahr is a gift that is for the bride and the bride only. No one, not even her family or father can use it without her permission. She can forfeit and she can set an amount herself. But in general she is given what is most commonly given in her community. The reason they approach the father or the male and not her is because the man has to ask the father for her hand in marriage, the marriage will not be valid without her permission but also her father or guardian has to agree as well because he has to vet the groom to ensure her safety. Now, while this is the Islamic rules, it is possible that different cultures changed it in different ways. However I am certain that the camels offered were mahr and not to purchase a woman. The only way to purchase a women is if she was a slave which doesn’t exist anymore thankfully and you can’t make a free woman a slave.
@@nooralmazroa9328 So, are u saying that a rich man just picks out a beautiful girl like a "new car" makes a down payment to her father and drives her out of the showroom??? She has no choice or ability to choose her OWN partner....take the offer or else risk shame? She is now HIS property and must fulfill anything he demands. That sounds a lot like slavery to me!
My parents were asked same question about my sister 😂 my dad's reply to bloke was "trust me mate she gets hump more than whole camel farm" 😂 my mum said 2 camels will do 😂
Rebecca.s. Trying to get on the bandwagon of " Arab man trying to buy a tourist" how pathetic. Makes your father sound like a right crass piece of trash talking about his daughter like that.
@@pjm8609it's NOT racist - Turkish isn't a race it's a nationality. I'm half Turkish and I totally agree that to imply that someone would approach a foreigner in Türkiye and ask you to sell him his daughter is ridiculous but it was said in jest,at a wedding with the INTENTION of getting a laugh from the guests. I have friends who are Fijian Indians. Amit and Nivedita are always revving each other up that the marriage wasn't worth the amount of cows he paid,he didn't pay for Niv with cows,they're both urban professionals and are Christians - no need for cows! I'm not offended by what the father said, that jokes as old as the hills and people keep changing the setting. Some Turks,like my mother,are blonde haired,blue eyed and very European to look at - how do you know that this father isn't Turkish,his daughter looks Turkish! If you saw me next to my sister, Elaine, you wouldn't pick us for sisters - my sister is dark haired,olive skinned,brown eyes like dad (who,I might add is 100% Anglo Saxon) and I'm a dead ringer for my turkish Mum and I get asked ALL THE TIME whereabouts in Scandinavia I am from. hiçbir şey varsayma
Same thing happened to my mom and a friend in Israel. They were on a trip with their church to see the sights and a man asked the trip organizer how many camels he wanted for them 😂
People from the Middle East joke around with tourists about the camel thing. It's good for business to lift the spirits of the visitors. Also, Turkey is not in the Middle East and does not have cammels. This family must have looked extra lost to be joked about in such an obvious manner or dad made up the story and didn't care enough to do some research which country would fit the anecdote.
When I was 24 I went to Israel with a group of people. One day we were walking from one site to another. A young man was leaning against a fence. He immadetly stood up straight when when he looked at me and then said" I would give one camel for you". Well it kinda stopped me in my tracks 😮 Then I smiled and said" I'm worth more than one camel" I laughed and kept on walking. He chuckled at my answer. 🤭
A co worker of mine was in India on a exchange college dance program... Her exchange family was about to marry her off to their son. She quickly got in touch with the US embassy near her stay and got the fk out of there.
Had the same experience with a family I lived with in Brazil. I was 14 and the son/family were trying to court me and talk me into him immediately. The exchange program put me with a different family.
I had the same request for my daughter in Tunisia but it was elephant when I said we did not have a place big enough. He said, "But the Queen as a lot of parks. This was so funny. They also wanted to take my grandson home to meet their grandmother. He was only 3 at the time. I am sure I would never see him again.
I must have landed in a dark section of youtube!! You're either lying or falling for stupid jokes of Tunisians clearly enjoying shocking credulous and ignorant tourists. You do know that elephants got extinct from tunisia probably 2000 years ago, right??
@@janiceal-najjar5093 my grandmother visited Morocco with her parents when she was in her 20s. First time abroad for her. Some dude offered livestock for her. At least at some point in near history you guys were buying women with sheep's and cows lmao.
North Africans living in rural communities may still pay bride price with livestock , possibly did 50 years ago too when your grandmother was a girl. They typically marry to strengthen community and family ties. Very unlikely anyone would approach a tourist to ask for some random,spoilt Western girl to marry. There are dozens of these urban myths and family tall tales going around about exactly the same subject. What makes you think a North African ( or even Arab) family would want a woman who had no idea how to do anything useful in their society to join their household? It's the height of Western arrogance and entitlement to think Western women are of interest to other cultures. Most societies see them as shallow,spoilt, no self respect and with loose morals. From what we see nowadays they're not wrong. I don't know who you think " you guys" are have you assumed by my family name you know anything about me.? Again patronising and uninformed. This will be my last comment on this ignorant thread. Go ahead and show your bigotry,racism, ignorance about the subject. I know what is the truth.
Lol. This is funny. Reminds me of a trip with my family. In South Africa a man offered my dad cows. My dad jokingly gave him a number, but it made me nervous.
South African hetr, I am sure the man was joking. Please note cows (Labola) is only paid in the African culture here in South Africa, we have many different races and cultures here who do not do labola and even some of the African people choose to not do labola. Also since we have developed cities here the labola is most likely paid in money not cows, so if a husband has to pay 20 cows, then he would pay the price of one cow times 20. In very rural areas actual cows might still be given as a bride price.
In Morocco, my 75 year old dad was offered payment for my 71 year old mom who had short white hair and very pale white skin. My dad laughed it off and went to retrieve my mom from across the way. So bizarre. 😂
This happened to my friend. It happens in several countries. It is not something we do, but it does happen in other countries. Hysterical!! Dad telling this at his daughter's wedding 😅
@@pseudopuppy160 "women treated like livestock" not only are you ignorant, but you also think you're onto something which makes it all way worse. Offering livestock is a way of proposing for arabs/africans, and the livestock is considered a dowry. It is given to the woman if she consents to the proposal, much like how you accept a diamond ring when you get engaged, but somehow that is seen as normal while the other is ridiculed, shamed, and misrepresented. Get over your superiority complex and realize that your "woke-ism" is a big joke you use to soothe your conscience whenever you please, but you aren't advocating for shit, not for women, not for minorities, not for diversity, you are just advocating for yourself to stay on your high horse without feeling guilty.
My mother is from Somaliland and her first husband paid my grandfather 100 camels 🐪 and rifle guns for her 7 brothers and uncles. She lived with him till she discovered that he can’t have children due to pelvic bullet injury which he hid from my mother and her family, she divorced him through court order after almost a decade being married to him. She was 15 years old and he was in his fifties when they got married. Then she relocated to another country and married my father who was one of the most handsome eligible bachelors in that town, this time around she was a grown lady in her late twenties and she CHOSED her man.
This is such a sad story - your grandparents sold your mother to a man who raped her. This is a terrible business run by nasty old men. Nobody sells boys too gross old women.
😂😂😂. This young man seems very decent and respectful. I guess this is the way of him asking for your daughter. Please post part 2. What happened after that?
When my Cousin went on her honeymoon to Morocco a Man walked up to her Husband (the guy didn't know she was married) & asked him how many pieces of gold he wanted for her.
Ok, this is getting ridiculous. I need to find a Moroccan friend and figure the ins and outs of this shit. This is like the tenth story I'm reading about this. This is fascinating.
Totally agree, he is a big liar, no one does that in Turkey or any of middle eastern countries unless it was a joke, but he stated this fabricated story as a fact
@@maleknumeir It definitely happens in middle eastern countries. My husband was approached by a sheik and offered 2000 camels for his medic. She was a beautiful strawberry blonde with crazy beautiful blue green eyes. She even reported my husband to their CO because she really thought he was thinking about the trade when in reality he was just trying to figure out how much 2000 camels converted to money.
@@donnawestbrook8992 it’s funny you are against a dowry being paid for a woman yet I’ll wager you are fine with women demanding a 50-100K ring and a huge expensive wedding and the man needing to make 1,2, 500K a year in income as a standard for marriage. Isn’t that buying?
My late husband told similar story at our eldest daughter's wedding about our trip to Israel. James her husband after hearing about the story, had given her father 13 wooden camels during their engagement. The last the day of their wedding. Now married 17 years in Aug.
This happened to me at an airport, except it involved cattle. Negotiations started when we entered and continued, via from what I concluded was fellow employees, all the way to the boarding gate. At which point I was running for my seat! 😂
Horrible fake stories by slightly racist people. Turkish, Egyptians etc are humans and won't take women for camels. They will exchange livestock on the wedding day as a symbolic thing like some Indians do but come on this is 2023 and these people are on tinder
🤣🤣🤣 reminds me of a friend of mine when she went to Egypt her dad was asked the same thing, but he didn't make it into a epic joke like this dad did 🤣🤣🤣
That is common in middle east countries and still practiced till this day. It is an arranged marriage where the father of a male and the father of a female make an agreement to have the children marry. The father of the male offers a Dowry to the other father. That consists of Money, land, livestock. That stuff is kept for the female that way if the husband divorces the woman or he does, the woman is taken care of. It
That would be haq meher among Muslims. The property is given to the bride, not her father to ensure her financial security. The way it is described in this video and may comments makes it sound like selling the women.
@@zinazina6367 no, doweries exist in Arab countries, too. It’s called a mehr. In Indian culture, typically the wives family pays the husbands family, but in Arab countries it’s the opposite. It’s actually really said because many Indian women are being murdered by their husbands/husbands family for declining to give more money to the husband/husbands family.
True story, I worked in NYC from 2005-2007, and an Italian coworker told me he was dating a girl and somehow they got talking about marriage, and he told her he'd marry her when she had $50k, thinking it would be a few years. Not so, she had the money, and they got married!🎉😂🎉😮❤
Something like that happened to me in Lesotho when I was 18 😂 I’m not married even now, five years later, but I was glad my dad was there to say no 😂😂 the guy said he wanted an American wife
Same thing happened to my sister on a missions trip. When the man who was my sister’s chaperone informed them that she was not for trade, the man offering the camels got very irate and told him “You Americans are so stingy with your women!”
Lots of “when I was in Egypt..” comments here. Nope camels are not a common trade in Egypt. The dowry paid by the groom is basically used in the home prep. It’s paid in money not animals. If anyone offers camels for your daughter, they are joking.
