These remarkable photos show a moustache growing competition so revered its participants spend years growing facial hair long enough to be swung through the air like rope. Contestants for the Pushkar Fair's annual competition - an event hugely popular with locals and tourists - took center stage today to show off their incredible moustaches. Many contestants arrived with hair curled into buns on the sides of their faces but once released, were revealed to be meters long and touching the ground. A contestant swings his moustache through the air like a lasso during the annual competition . A participant shows off his short but styled moustache at the annual Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan . Tourists can be seen taking photos as a man displays a moustache  as long as his arms are wide. The event is particularly popular with travellers . As well as the moustache competition (pictured) the fair also hosts a camel racing tournament. Pictured is a contestant displaying his facial hair while others sit and wait their turn . Left, contestants walk in single file showing off their facial hair, while right, a man's moustache remains curled up as he awaits his turn to show it to the crowds . Hundreds of herders descend upon Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan for the five-day annual camel and livestock fair. The Pushkar Fair, also known as the Pushkar ka Mela, is held on the banks of Pushkar Lake every November at the time of the Kartik Purnima full moon. The epic spectacle attracts 300,000 people and up to 20,000 camels, cattle and horses. The event, which sees tough bartering over livestock, has also become a major tourist attraction in recent years with a fair football match held between the locals and visitors. A camel race starts off the festival followed by music performances and tough competitions such as the longest moustache competition and a 'bridal competition'. While the herders deal livestock, many shoppers attend to visit the stalls of clothes and textiles. Contestants dressed in their finest clothes parade their moustaches before the crowds . Although the moustache competition (pictured) is one of the most popular events at the fair, it was originally organized to enable the trading of livestock and is attended by 300,000 people .
Pushkar Fair hosts its unbelievable annual longest moustache competition .
During the tournament men compete to see who has the greatest facial hair .
Moustaches are often meters long and require curling  against the face .
These remarkable photos show a moustache growing competition so revered its participants spend years growing facial hair long enough to be swung through the air like rope. Contestants for the Pushkar Fair's annual competition - an event hugely popular with locals and tourists - took center stage today to show off their incredible moustaches. Many contestants arrived with hair curled into buns on the sides of their faces but once released, were revealed to be meters long and touching the ground. A contestant swings his moustache through the air like a lasso during the annual competition . A participant shows off his short but styled moustache at the annual Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan . Tourists can be seen taking photos as a man displays a moustache  as long as his arms are wide. The event is particularly popular with travellers . As well as the moustache competition (pictured) the fair also hosts a camel racing tournament. Pictured is a contestant displaying his facial hair while others sit and wait their turn . Left, contestants walk in single file showing off their facial hair, while right, a man's moustache remains curled up as he awaits his turn to show it to the crowds . Hundreds of herders descend upon Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan for the five-day annual camel and livestock fair. The Pushkar Fair, also known as the Pushkar ka Mela, is held on the banks of Pushkar Lake every November at the time of the Kartik Purnima full moon. The epic spectacle attracts 300,000 people and up to 20,000 camels, cattle and horses. The event, which sees tough bartering over livestock, has also become a major tourist attraction in recent years with a fair football match held between the locals and visitors. A camel race starts off the festival followed by music performances and tough competitions such as the longest moustache competition and a 'bridal competition'. While the herders deal livestock, many shoppers attend to visit the stalls of clothes and textiles. Contestants dressed in their finest clothes parade their moustaches before the crowds . Although the moustache competition (pictured) is one of the most popular events at the fair, it was originally organized to enable the trading of livestock and is attended by 300,000 people .
once released, were revealed to be meters long also hosts a camel racing tournament. Pictured is facial hair, while right, a man's moustache Pushkar Fair, also known as the Pushkar ka Mela, longest moustache competition and a 'bridal