The festive events to mark Good Neighbourliness Day celebrated in Turkmenistan each year on the first Sunday of December were held solemnly and widely throughout the country.
The Good Neighbourliness Day celebrations and festivities took place in Anau, the administrative centre of Ahal Velayat. The big arena that stretches southerly from the Ak Bugdai National Museum became the venue for the festive events, involving citizens of Ashgabat and Ahal Velayat, grey-bearded elders, their children and grandchildren, cultural and art workers and young people. Following ancient Turkmen tradition, participants warmly greeted one another, offering bread and salt, and entertained one another with national dainties, sweets and fruits. The concerts and performances presented by popular artists, folk singers and dance ensembles added bright colours to the festival.
According to the ancient Turkmen custom gonsy okara that underlies the Good Neighbourliness Day, everyone should share bread and salt as much as possible with his or her neighbours in everyday life. It encompasses the centuries-old tradition of human relationships embodied in mutual respect, hospitality, friendship and moral and material support. Gonsy okara that has become a standard of social behaviour in Turkmen society and an integral part of the national consciousness carries the tremendous potential of solidarity and cohesion of our society.
Good neighbourliness, as an important rule of everyday life of the Turkmen people, has been firmly established in their minds as not only the need for mutual help and mutual support among neighbours, but also in the aspiration of our ancestors to live in peace and harmony with their neighbours and people of other nationalities. The spiritual values of the Turkmen people, which have developed over many centuries, are valued in our time as well.
The Good Neighbourliness Day celebrations were solemnly and widely held on the festively decorated squares in the administrative centres of the regions of our country.
The Good Neighbourliness Day celebrations and festivities took place in Anau, the administrative centre of Ahal Velayat. The big arena that stretches southerly from the Ak Bugdai National Museum became the venue for the festive events, involving citizens of Ashgabat and Ahal Velayat, grey-bearded elders, their children and grandchildren, cultural and art workers and young people. Following ancient Turkmen tradition, participants warmly greeted one another, offering bread and salt, and entertained one another with national dainties, sweets and fruits. The concerts and performances presented by popular artists, folk singers and dance ensembles added bright colours to the festival.
According to the ancient Turkmen custom gonsy okara that underlies the Good Neighbourliness Day, everyone should share bread and salt as much as possible with his or her neighbours in everyday life. It encompasses the centuries-old tradition of human relationships embodied in mutual respect, hospitality, friendship and moral and material support. Gonsy okara that has become a standard of social behaviour in Turkmen society and an integral part of the national consciousness carries the tremendous potential of solidarity and cohesion of our society.
Good neighbourliness, as an important rule of everyday life of the Turkmen people, has been firmly established in their minds as not only the need for mutual help and mutual support among neighbours, but also in the aspiration of our ancestors to live in peace and harmony with their neighbours and people of other nationalities. The spiritual values of the Turkmen people, which have developed over many centuries, are valued in our time as well.
The Good Neighbourliness Day celebrations were solemnly and widely held on the festively decorated squares in the administrative centres of the regions of our country.
