The invitation to Kırkpınar is made via a candle with a red base. Back when means of mass communication were not common, the Kırkpınar Master would send candles with a red base to towns and villages beginning in March to invite wrestlers and notable figures to Kırkpınar. The saying “to be summoned by a candle with a red base” so commonly used among the people actually originates here. The same traditional method is still symbolically used today in the Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling competitions.
