Culture
01.12.2025
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The Student theatre named after Mollanepes staged a play based on the work of Edgar Allan Poe
As part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan, the Student theatre named after Mollanepes premiered the play «Güneş».
28.11.2025
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The film «Composer» was awarded the Open Eurasian film award «Diamond butterfly»
On the 27th of November, the first ceremony of the Open Eurasian film award «Diamond butterfly» took place in Moscow, at the «Workshop «12» of Russian director Nikita Mihalkov. The significant event brought together representatives of the film community from 17 countries, who submitted 34 films to the competition.
28.11.2025
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Nikolai Zaitsev: Concerts of the Ural Choir have become a generator for uniting the peoples of Turkmenistan and Russia
The Magtymguly National Music and Drama Theater in Ashgabat became the main stage for the Ural State Academic Russian Folk Choir for two days.
28.11.2025
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Active preparations are underway for the International Day of Neutrality
Preparations are currently underway in all corners of our sovereign Homeland for the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality, which forms the basis of its peaceful and humane policy.
27.11.2025
4159
Folk melodies of Russia sound from the Turkmen stage
In Ashgabat, vivid performances by the Ural State Academic Russian Folk Choir are taking place on the stage of the Magtymguly National Music and Drama Theatre of Turkmenistan on November 26–27.
27.11.2025
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A poetry and music event was held at the Library named after Magtymguly in Kyiv
On November 26, 2025, the Library named after Magtymguly of the Svіchado Centralized Library System of the Department of Culture of the Svyatoshinsky District State Administration of the City of Kyiv hosted a poetry and music event, “Spiritual Lights: Skovoroda and Magtymguly”, dedicated to outstanding personalities of the 18th century, thinkers of the East and Ukraine – the Turkmen poet Magtymguly Pyragy and the Ukrainian philosopher and educator Hryhorii Skovoroda.
26.11.2025
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New evidence of ancient history and the priceless cultural heritage of the nation
On the 26th of November, specialists and researchers from the National administration wrote a new, vibrant page in the annals of national culture. As part of the large-scale effort to preserve and promote the rich national heritage, ceremonies were held to hand over archaeological finds to the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat and the Arkadag Museum of history and local lore.
26.11.2025
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Classic foreign drama on the stages of Turkmenistan’s theatres
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s status as a permanently neutral state, a Week of Foreign Drama is planned as a gift to lovers of stage art in the country’s theatres. At our request, Agamyrat Baltayev, Head of the Department of Theatres and Performing Arts Institutions of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan, provided a detailed commentary on this event.
24.11.2025
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Films made in Turkmenistan to compete for the “Diamond Butterfly” film award
On November 21, the list of films submitted for consideration by the expert council of the Open Eurasian Film Award “Diamond Butterfly” was announced.
24.11.2025
4565
Exhibition of fine art in the style of abstraction opens in Ashgabat
An exhibition of Turkmen artists titled “The World of Abstraction” has opened at the Fine Arts Exhibition Center of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan. This style, based on the rejection of realistic depiction, emerged at the beginning of the last century.