27.05.2021

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There are professions which are filled with romantics of wandering around different countries and journeys to the distant past, especially this is related to archeologists who excavate the earth hoping to find the traces of lost cultures. However, there is an ethnography, which studies recent past of existing nations, their lifestyle, traditions and customs, among historical sciences. If geologists go on expeditions to the places without people, where only soils and stones are the subjects of their studies, the ethnographers go to the places where there are people they can talk to as the focus of their professional interest includes live people, people, which are the holders of collective memory and specific knowledge, which allows restoring not only the events of last several decades but also passing folk legends and myths, art and crafts to the following generations century after century.

27.05.2021

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The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Bucharest, together with the National Museum of the Romanian Peasantry, organized an event dedicated to the 30th anniversary of independence of Turkmenistan and the Turkmen Carpet Day, which is celebrated in our country on the last Sunday of May.

27.05.2021

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Regular issue of quarterly scientific and popular magazine Miras, which is published by Magtumguly Institute of Language, Literature and National Manuscripts of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, has been released.

24.05.2021

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On the days of celebration of the 140th anniversary of the capital of Turkmenistan, it is worth to look back and recollect from what Ashgabat began, what forestalled its appearance and what stages of history left traces in its current image.

24.05.2021

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The just-concluded Ashgabat Spring Short Film Festival has discovered new talents. A film entitled ‘Meniň Kakam’ (‘My Father’) has won two awards: Best Actress and Jury’s Choice.

23.05.2021

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On Saturday evening, the Turkmenistan Cinema and Concert Hall played host to an event that continued a series of musical performances to mark Ashgabat’s 140^th anniversary.

22.05.2021

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Rightly recognized as a real gem of the world cultural heritage, the Turkmen carpet is a handmade symbol of craftsmanship and talent. Carpet making is a tradition stretching back into the mists of time. It is both a craft and an integral part of the traditional way of life.

21.05.2021

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On the threshold of the 140th anniversary of the capital of Turkmenistan, it is worth to look back and recollect from what Ashgabat began, what forestalled its appearance and what stages of history left traces in its current image. This city, which is loved by all generation of Ashgabat citizens, has its unique image these days as well being under dynamic development, it has the same uniqueness like it had in the past. The architectural historian Ruslan Muradov continue speaking about this. The first part of the story is under this link. 

21.05.2021

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An international creative event dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the Turkmen capital took place at the Monument “White City Ashgabat”. The event brought together popular national and foreign artists.

20.05.2021

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On May 20, Maya Kulieva Turkmen National Conservatory teachers performed works by Antonín Dvořák, Johannes Brahms, and Ernest Bloch at the Magtymguly National Music and Drama Theater.