It's Sunday. It's Bodrum. It's Festival time.
This week-end it was the turn of citrus fruit to be fêted, specifically the mandarin. Ortakent, Bitez and Turgutreis all held events to honour this tasty fruit.
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| Mandarin candles |
Once an important crop, mandarins have lost out in the popularity stakes to their seedless cousins, so a yearly festival reminds folk how tasty these local fruit are and provides an excuse for stalls bursting with colour to brighten up a winter day.
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| Fertility spoons |
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| Olive oil soaps |
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| Painted ceramics |
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| Bits and Bobs under a parasol |
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| Lemon, orange and mandarin preserves with fruit teas |
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| Massive bergamots and mandarin flower jam |
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| Festival = balloons |
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