The social movement for nature conservation has been intensifying all over the world in recent years. In this connection, the role of local history museums has increased, which are called upon to educate visitors in a careful and reasonable attitude to the flora and fauna.
Specialists of the Nature and Local History Department of the State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan recently made another trip to the children's health camp "Nesil", located in the Gokdere Gorge, the ecologically clean and beautiful corner of our country. About 700 schoolchildren from all over Turkmenistan took part in the exhibition organized there.
There were exhibited stuffed animals and photos of animals, including rare species. The children got acquainted with photo frames of unique natural monuments of our country, with the map of specially protected areas of Turkmenistan. The children were impressed by colorful posters reminding that environmental protection is a patriotic duty of every citizen.
Ogulshat Dadebaeva and Chemen Kerimova, museum guides, familiarized the children with various species of birds, fish, turtles, amphibians, snakes and other representatives of wildlife, which are almost impossible to see in the city. Special emphasis was made on endemic, relict and endangered species included in the Red Book of Turkmenistan, which are subject to strict protection. Much attention was paid to the protection of flora and fauna of Turkmenistan and nature in general.
Specialists of the museum's ethnography department also took part in the exhibition. The expositions presented by them exhibited national women's clothing of the past eras. These are ancient headdresses - takhya, duyipli gynach headscarfs, women's dresses made of keteni, decorated with unique handmade embroideries of the late XIX - early XX centuries. Each age of a woman reflected her own style of dress, her own special keshte embroidery. Young girls wore keteni dresses of only red color, the headdress consisted of skillfully embroidered tahya. The daughters-in-law were dressed in red and green colors, their head was covered with a duyipli gynach headscarfs, older women wore green-colored clothes, and older ladies preferred dark purple and blue colors.
The national clothing of Turkmen women is a national pride that has come down to us from the depths of centuries. Our talented great-great-grandmothers created it with their skillful hands, and their products still delight the fair sex.
The exhibition aroused great interest among the children. A lot of informative questions were asked, which the guides barely had time to answer. The museum staff achieved their goal: after getting acquainted with the exhibits, the children felt more proud of their native land.
