The festivities on occasion of a wonderful national holiday “A Drop of Water – A Grin of Gold” took place throughout the country on the first Sunday of April. Bright theater performances, concerts of masters of arts, sports competitions, the ceremonies of awarding veterans and best workers of the water industry of Turkmenistan were arranged on the banks of rivers, channels and ponds, near fountains in parks and squares in all cities and settlements of our country.
The center of the festive celebrations in the white-marble capital of Turkmenistan was the park on the banks of the manmade Karakum River in the northern part of Ashgabat. The festively decorated park greeted participants and guests to the celebrations with traditional national food. Among the guests were the cabinet ministers, heads of the national Parliament, ministries and departments, public organisations and heads of the diplomatic missions accredited to our country, journalists, the elders, students and numerous citizens and guests to the Turkmen capital.
The programme of the festivities included an open-air exposition of the advanced high-technology equipment used in the water industry of the country, the models of hydraulic structures and melioration systems. By tradition, an important part of the programme was the exhibition performances of Turkmen sportsmen. The ceremony of planting saplings on the bank of Karakum River took place in the framework of the festivities.
By tradition, the ceremony of awarding best water industry workers from all regions of the country and the Turkmen capital took place during the holiday. Diplomas and valuable presents were awarded to mirabs, machine-operators, land reclamation experts, builders, technologists, etc. on behalf of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. A concert of artists and workers of cultural and art of Turkmenistan became the bright finale of the festivities.
The center of the festive celebrations in the white-marble capital of Turkmenistan was the park on the banks of the manmade Karakum River in the northern part of Ashgabat. The festively decorated park greeted participants and guests to the celebrations with traditional national food. Among the guests were the cabinet ministers, heads of the national Parliament, ministries and departments, public organisations and heads of the diplomatic missions accredited to our country, journalists, the elders, students and numerous citizens and guests to the Turkmen capital.
The programme of the festivities included an open-air exposition of the advanced high-technology equipment used in the water industry of the country, the models of hydraulic structures and melioration systems. By tradition, an important part of the programme was the exhibition performances of Turkmen sportsmen. The ceremony of planting saplings on the bank of Karakum River took place in the framework of the festivities.
By tradition, the ceremony of awarding best water industry workers from all regions of the country and the Turkmen capital took place during the holiday. Diplomas and valuable presents were awarded to mirabs, machine-operators, land reclamation experts, builders, technologists, etc. on behalf of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. A concert of artists and workers of cultural and art of Turkmenistan became the bright finale of the festivities.
