Cultural values of Turkmen people include countless wealth that are carefully preserved and passed down through generations. Our culture, keeping millenniums in its memory, all creative experience and traditions are open system and participate in world cultural process.
The Head of the State pays great attention to succession of best traditions of national culture. The country undertakes large-scale work for preservation, comprehensive study and propaganda in the world of architectural monuments and non-material heritage, which became integral part of universal possession. Owing to personal attention and support of Leader of the Nation Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, all conditions for fruitful activity of specialists in this sphere are created.
In this context, special attention is paid to improvement of legal and regulatory base. The law on “Protection of national Historical and Cultural Heritage”, providing the right of Turkmen people on protection and development of its cultural and national originality, traditional environment, reliable protection of information sources on origin and development of the culture, was adopted. Corresponding to international law standards, this legislative act is based on conceptual provisions of the UNESCO Convention on protection of world natural and cultural heritage, which Turkmenistan has joined. In the last year, the Law on “Protection of National Non-material Cultural Heritage”, regulating relations in this field and aimed at realization of the rights of citizens of the country on access to this objects and obligations of every person to take care for their preservation, came into power. The work in this direction is still going on.
The conditions, created by the state, promotes the development of original traditions of Turkmens. This is evidented by forums and different events organized in all parts of the country under the Year of Honour of Heritage and Transformation of the Motherland. April of this year united several art festivals aimed at preservation, enrichment and broad popularization in the world of richest spiritual and material heritage of our people.
The festival of national dance “kushtdepdi” and gazals under symbolical name “the soul inspired by the centuries” was the first in their range. Winner of regional shows of this unique contest became the participants of this event that includes all the diversity of folk traditions and modern culture. Art groups presented original interpretation of this ancient dance that became some sort of the hallmark of Turkmenistan, inalienable attribute of every holiday and presentation of Turkmen art abroad.
After, the relay was taken over by Ahal velayat where festival of bakhshys “School of tutorship – cultural heritage of the people”, summoned to bring substantial contribution into development and deep study of national music and song art, took place. The creative action also had target to exchange wide experience, definition of special features of this art, introduction to unique ancient musical instruments. Famous masters, performers and their young pupils as well as destanchies and popular folk singers from Ashgabat and the regions took part in the forum.
Traditional Week of Culture held in Mary velayat in the current year plays great role in the aspect of spiritual development of the society, exchange of experience, intensification of international art contacts. Numerous events of the large-scale forum reflected bright palette of talents of representatives of modern art who bring considerable input into great reforms undertaken in the country.
Another art show, organized by the Department for non-material cultural heritage of the Ministry of Culture, united finalists of national folk festival “The echo of succession”, who demonstrated genre and style versatility of music and song art of Turkmens, in administration centre of Lebap velayat in the beginning of August.
IX Session of Asian Committee “Narrative art” including five states of Central Asian region and Republic of Korea gives evidence to the interest of the world society to spiritual culture of our people. The work of the committee is aimed at popularization of rich national heritage of Asian countries and activation of their cooperation. Joint studies as well as collection of old legends and narrations of each country with further digital archiving promote the preservation and spreading of cultural heritage, make them accessible for specialists and broad reading audience. The samples of Turkmen narrative art were not than once included to illustrated collections published by the Committee.
The participants of the forum, which for the first time was held in Ashgabat, was introduced to multi aspect work undertaken in Turkmenistan for study, preservation and enrichment of spiritual heritage of our people. The guests had opportunity to listen to Turkmen destanchies and meet the authors, who give new sound to narrative genre.
The events of the Year of Honour of Heritage and Transformation of the Motherland are continued involving people of different ages and professions and this emphasizes everlasting importance of school of succession, owing to which national culture kept its originality in its generous diversity.
Festival dedicated to the art of destans performans will start in August in all regions of the country. Final gala-concert will take place in Dashoguz velayat in the beginning of November.
Another festival is aimed at popularization of national musical instrument “Tuyduk” play art. The concert of “tuydukchies”, planned to be held in the middle of September in Mary velayat, where this art is most popular, will become its final event.
Art contest of masters of folk narrations is planned for the last decade of September.
November will present great opportunity to appreciate the skills of epic genre performers, the show of which “Let’s listen to the legend” will be dedicated in Ahal velayat. Its participants – narrators from all regions and the capital, will present samples of stories and legends including on art subject.
International cooperation in cultural and humanitarian sphere acquired wider scope in the Year of Honour of Heritage and Transformation of the Motherland. One of the evidence of it is declaration of Dashoguz as Cultural Capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2016. Various events are conducted under this status in the city. There is International Scientific and Practical Conference “Turkmenistan is country rich with spiritual and cultural values” among them.
More and more international research centres demonstrate their interest to scientific cooperation with our country. In this context, International conference “The role of “Gyorogly” epic in the world culture", which is mainly aimed at study, broad popularization and definition of this heroic epic in the treasury of universal culture, is remarkable.
The Head of the State pays great attention to succession of best traditions of national culture. The country undertakes large-scale work for preservation, comprehensive study and propaganda in the world of architectural monuments and non-material heritage, which became integral part of universal possession. Owing to personal attention and support of Leader of the Nation Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, all conditions for fruitful activity of specialists in this sphere are created.
In this context, special attention is paid to improvement of legal and regulatory base. The law on “Protection of national Historical and Cultural Heritage”, providing the right of Turkmen people on protection and development of its cultural and national originality, traditional environment, reliable protection of information sources on origin and development of the culture, was adopted. Corresponding to international law standards, this legislative act is based on conceptual provisions of the UNESCO Convention on protection of world natural and cultural heritage, which Turkmenistan has joined. In the last year, the Law on “Protection of National Non-material Cultural Heritage”, regulating relations in this field and aimed at realization of the rights of citizens of the country on access to this objects and obligations of every person to take care for their preservation, came into power. The work in this direction is still going on.
The conditions, created by the state, promotes the development of original traditions of Turkmens. This is evidented by forums and different events organized in all parts of the country under the Year of Honour of Heritage and Transformation of the Motherland. April of this year united several art festivals aimed at preservation, enrichment and broad popularization in the world of richest spiritual and material heritage of our people.
The festival of national dance “kushtdepdi” and gazals under symbolical name “the soul inspired by the centuries” was the first in their range. Winner of regional shows of this unique contest became the participants of this event that includes all the diversity of folk traditions and modern culture. Art groups presented original interpretation of this ancient dance that became some sort of the hallmark of Turkmenistan, inalienable attribute of every holiday and presentation of Turkmen art abroad.
After, the relay was taken over by Ahal velayat where festival of bakhshys “School of tutorship – cultural heritage of the people”, summoned to bring substantial contribution into development and deep study of national music and song art, took place. The creative action also had target to exchange wide experience, definition of special features of this art, introduction to unique ancient musical instruments. Famous masters, performers and their young pupils as well as destanchies and popular folk singers from Ashgabat and the regions took part in the forum.
Traditional Week of Culture held in Mary velayat in the current year plays great role in the aspect of spiritual development of the society, exchange of experience, intensification of international art contacts. Numerous events of the large-scale forum reflected bright palette of talents of representatives of modern art who bring considerable input into great reforms undertaken in the country.
Another art show, organized by the Department for non-material cultural heritage of the Ministry of Culture, united finalists of national folk festival “The echo of succession”, who demonstrated genre and style versatility of music and song art of Turkmens, in administration centre of Lebap velayat in the beginning of August.
IX Session of Asian Committee “Narrative art” including five states of Central Asian region and Republic of Korea gives evidence to the interest of the world society to spiritual culture of our people. The work of the committee is aimed at popularization of rich national heritage of Asian countries and activation of their cooperation. Joint studies as well as collection of old legends and narrations of each country with further digital archiving promote the preservation and spreading of cultural heritage, make them accessible for specialists and broad reading audience. The samples of Turkmen narrative art were not than once included to illustrated collections published by the Committee.
The participants of the forum, which for the first time was held in Ashgabat, was introduced to multi aspect work undertaken in Turkmenistan for study, preservation and enrichment of spiritual heritage of our people. The guests had opportunity to listen to Turkmen destanchies and meet the authors, who give new sound to narrative genre.
The events of the Year of Honour of Heritage and Transformation of the Motherland are continued involving people of different ages and professions and this emphasizes everlasting importance of school of succession, owing to which national culture kept its originality in its generous diversity.
Festival dedicated to the art of destans performans will start in August in all regions of the country. Final gala-concert will take place in Dashoguz velayat in the beginning of November.
Another festival is aimed at popularization of national musical instrument “Tuyduk” play art. The concert of “tuydukchies”, planned to be held in the middle of September in Mary velayat, where this art is most popular, will become its final event.
Art contest of masters of folk narrations is planned for the last decade of September.
November will present great opportunity to appreciate the skills of epic genre performers, the show of which “Let’s listen to the legend” will be dedicated in Ahal velayat. Its participants – narrators from all regions and the capital, will present samples of stories and legends including on art subject.
International cooperation in cultural and humanitarian sphere acquired wider scope in the Year of Honour of Heritage and Transformation of the Motherland. One of the evidence of it is declaration of Dashoguz as Cultural Capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2016. Various events are conducted under this status in the city. There is International Scientific and Practical Conference “Turkmenistan is country rich with spiritual and cultural values” among them.
More and more international research centres demonstrate their interest to scientific cooperation with our country. In this context, International conference “The role of “Gyorogly” epic in the world culture", which is mainly aimed at study, broad popularization and definition of this heroic epic in the treasury of universal culture, is remarkable.