Turkmenistan News News Turkmenistan » Culture: Turkmenistan's 'heavenly' Akhal-Teke horses celebrated in annual beauty pageants
The Central Asian country of Turkmenistan is immensely proud of its horses. The ancient and endangered Akhal-Teke species has become a symbol of great national pride in a deeply isolated state where ...
News Turkmenistan » Culture: Days of Azerbaijani Culture to be held in Turkmenistan
On June 5, the Days of Azerbaijani Culture will begin in Turkmenistan, AzerNEWS reports. The three-day events will give residents of the cities of Arkadag and Ashgabat the opportunity to become ...
News Turkmenistan » Culture: Turkmenistan Orders Cultural Performers To Lose Weight -- Or Their Jobs
Performers in the state-controlled culture sector in western Turkmenistan have been given a strict deadline to lose weight and "look presentable" in time for the nation's Independence Day, several ...
News Turkmenistan » Culture: Turkmenistan: Lions And Tigers And Mozart To Return To Cultural Life
Does the return of opera and other 'foreign' art signal a general opening to the outside world? (ITAR-TASS) To its fans, opera is a sublime expression of emotion conveyed through music and spectacle ...
News Turkmenistan » Culture: Turkmenistan: Where Authorities Emphasize the Cult in Culture.
As with many tales in Turkmenistan, however, this cheery scene at the amusement park has a darker side. For a start, it was one of the many works ordered by the country's dictatorial first president, ...
News Turkmenistan » Culture: A cinematic lens into Turkmenistan’s culture: An interview with Oguljamal Yazliyeva
The importance of cinema in understanding a nation’s culture and identity cannot be overstated. This is particularly true for countries like Turkmenistan, which is notorious for being one of the most ...
News Turkmenistan » Culture: Turkmenistan: Musical culture heritage online
Turkmen entrepreneurs have launched Turkmenistan’s first online social music service, TolkunFM, but this is not just a rip-off of Western-style sites, writes Annasoltan. Global Voices stands out as ...
News Turkmenistan » Culture: Turkmenistan: Lions And Tigers And Mozart To Return To Cultural Life
To its fans, opera is a sublime expression of emotion conveyed through music and spectacle that has for centuries drawn people to theaters on every continent. But that was not exactly how the late ...