Thousands of New Year's lights, kilometers of bright garlands and hundreds of LED strips decorated the white marble capital of Turkmenistan. The lights turn on with the onset of evening, and the city instantly turns into a wonderful fairy tale.
Festive illumination sparkles on the central squares, along large avenues, in squares and literally in every district of the city. This magical glow of New Year's lanterns announces that our country is ready to cheerfully and noisily celebrate the New Year - 2023.
Today in Ashgabat there are a lot of interesting and beautiful places where you should definitely look in order to feel the atmosphere of the winter holiday.
For example, the Cultural and entertainment center «Älem». Here, on the square in front of the largest indoor Ferris wheel, the main New Year tree of the country is traditionally located. This year, its height was 43 meters, which allowed the Ashgabat Christmas tree to top the rating of the tallest New Year trees among the CIS countries.
Many townspeople and guests of the Turkmen capital come to dance around the New Year's beauty, decorated with sparkling garlands, multi-colored balls and take memorable photos at the spruce.
On the eve of the New Year, having swept around Ashgabat, Ayaz Baba and his companion Garpamyk https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/ru/post/68717/zazhglis-ogni-na-glavnoj-novogodnej-yolke-strany lit the lights not only on the central Christmas tree. But also on the decorated New Year's beauties installed on the facades of large shopping centers, urban enterprises and organizations, on the squares in front of the buildings of the «Turkmen White Yurts» in all velayats of the country.
The Ylham seýilgähi art and park complex in the center of the capital sparkled with festive lights. «Inspiration Alley» - one of the most favorite places for walking among the townspeople, has changed beyond recognition. A real festive town unfolded in the center of the alley, the main decoration of which was also an elegant majestic Christmas tree.
In the park you can meet fairy-tale heroes and the New Year's magician Ayaz Baba.
Colorful New Year's decor is presented on the square in front of the State Circus of Turkmenistan. On New Year's Eve, festive concerts and performances by pop artists are held here.
There is very little time left before the New Year, and if you don’t have holiday photos yet, then go on a trip to New Year’s Ashgabat. Having taken a memorable picture, you can make a wish at the festive tree and, next year, it will definitely come true!