16.07.2021

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After a one-year hiatus, the 44th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, opens on July 16 in Fuzhou, the capital of the eastern Chinese province of Fujian. The session will continue online until 31 July, combining ongoing work and issues remaining unresolved from last year. The enlarged session will be chaired by Mr. Tian Xuejun, Deputy Minister of Education of China and Director of China's National Commission for UNESCO. The session will consider a total of 45 candidates for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

13.07.2021

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The Turkmen people have centuries-old history and culture. Archaism of some customs and customs demands more detailed illumination of its hidden pages. Eventually ancient customs of our ancestors extended and have left a trace in the history and culture of not only Turkmen, but also the people of neighbouring countries. One of such cultural elements is the Turkmen tamdyr.

11.07.2021

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Aykhan Khadzhiev was born in 1924 in the picturesque village of Bagir. He hardly remembered his father, who passed away early, but his uncle, who was engaged in teaching and translations from the Turkmen language into Russian, and his mother, who was a skilled embroiderer, paid attention to the boy's passion for drawing in childhood and developed his talent in every possible way. ...

09.07.2021

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Olga Fominichna Mizgireva was one of those who stood at the origins of the birth of the Turkmen national fine arts.

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.