09.07.2021

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On hot days of summer, Ashgabat residents spend their evenings in numerous parks of the capital. The green Ylham alley with its numerous fountains and majestic sculptures is especially popular among local residents. At the entrance to the alley, there is a monument to Garajaoglan, one of the brightest folk poet-singers, whose life and creative work testify to the unanimity of the historical and cultural roots of the Turkmen, Azerbaijani and Turkish peoples.

07.07.2021

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Gardeners commonly know these plants as crape myrtles, while dendrologists refer to them as Lagerstroemia indica after the Swedish merchant Magnus von Lagerström. Despite its name, the wonderful shrub with a woody trunk originated in China, not in India. But it spread across the Mediterranean coast from India through the enthusiastic and zealous efforts of the merchant von Lagerström. That is why these ‘transit’ plants have their names associated with India.

07.07.2021

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The art of bakhshi (bakhshychylyk) is one of the ancient ones. The bakhshi, storyteller of national epos – dastans, is a master of word, skilful musician and singer. Using all forms of live national language, he should manage to interest his listener.

06.07.2021

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Turkmens believe that eating fish at least once a month enhances personal wealth and improves health. Turkmens leaving on the Caspian coast who were mainly engaged in fishery were eating fish even more often.

05.07.2021

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Experts from the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States have agreed on a draft Action Plan for holding the Year of Folk Art and Cultural Heritage in the CIS in 2022.

02.07.2021

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In 1935, a 14-year-old young man Niyazmurad Dovodov crossed the threshold of the Turkmen Art College - he had a dream to learn how to play the piano. The huge shiny instrument mesmerized him with its black and white keys, which emitted melodic sounds. Bearing in mind the enviable efficiency of Niyazmurad Dovodov, he probably would have made an excellent musician, but life decided otherwise. At the technical school, he met the artist Sergei Beglyarov, a pupil of the Shock School of the Arts of the East, and, having become acquainted with his works, he literally "fell ill" with painting. 

01.07.2021

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A jewelry is one of ancient craft, which has not lost its demand even in the XXI century. Today, many applicants dream of entering the Department of decorative and applied arts of the State Art Academy of Turkmenistan. Both young men and women study at this faculty. However, it is worth to note that there are more and more women in this art every year.

29.06.2021

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The epic "Gerogly" has one feature - the reader, who once took a book in his hands, will read it from the first to the last page, and more than once in the future will refer to this work in order to once again enjoy the incredible adventures of this amazing hero, stories about which have come down to us from the Middle Ages in the form of songs and legends. 

29.06.2021

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Today, the capital has hosted a festive concert by performing artists in front of the Älem Cultural and Entertainment Center to mark President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s birthday.  

27.06.2021

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Today, our country widely celebrated the Day of Workers of Culture and Art, as well as the poetry of Makhtumkuli Fraghi.