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Day 8, scientific conference
This was day 8 for me and the second official day of the program for the official Horse Holiday. In the morning The Third International Scientific Conference, “Turkmen horse and the world horse breeding art”, was held. Various people gave their impressions of where the breed was at in their countries and also where it [...]
National Museum II
Here are some photos of the artifacts inside the National Museum in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Funnily enough we were allowed to photograph here with the ancient antiquities, but not inside the memorial in honor of their late president Saparmurat Niyazov (Türkmenbasi). the Sword of Neutrality. It is permanently encased in the sheath and can’t be drawn. [...]
the National Museum I
In the afternoon we visited the National Museum of Turkmenistan. Here are the exterior photos and in the next post I’ll put the ones from inside with all the ancient artifacts. It was really amazing and certainly adds depth to history. I loved the changing of the guards. It was very impressive, although I would [...]
Opening Ceremony III
Next it was time for the ceremonial presentation of the Esteemed President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s book, “The Flight of Celestial Race Horses”. The presentations about the “The Flight of Celestial Race Horses” were interspersed with wonderful dancing and music and singing. The presenters were Jessica Eile-Keith, __?, Dr. Jalil Ghiadi, Petra Marešová, the Turkmen poetess __, [...]
Opening ceremony II
We entered Sergi Koshgi and there was again lots of entertainment and the hall was filled with more artwork and novelties. Everyone had a chance to relax and enjoy themselves. There was so much going on it was hard to take everything in. The second to last photo is of Seyt Gulmammedov, The Minister of [...]
Opening ceremony I
The opening ceremonies of the “The Horse is the Winged Symbol of Revival” on the occasion of the Turkmen Horse holiday at “Sergi Koshgi”. Here we are waiting outside for the opening to begin: There is always lots of great entertainment! left photo: Dr. Celine Chantry-Darron (France), Jessica Eile-Keith (USA) & Michele Van Kastern (Belgium) [...]
at the Bazaars!
Ruski Bazaar: Teke Bazaar: Tolkuchka Bazaar: I bought a couple of aladjas and a dress for my daughter at the Ruski Bazaar. It seemed to have some traditional things. The Teke Bazaar was more food and modern stuff. The woman with the lilacs at the Teke Bazaar presented me with them after I took her [...]
Vladimir Bagdasarian’s studio
Our group in the bottom photo: Vladimir Bagdasarian and his wife Vera (they do many of their works as joint projects), Jessica Eile-Keith, Ulrike Ruppelt, Monique Lebon (Haras Nationaux France), myself and our Turkmen host & driver ___. Missing is
the Art Competition
Along with the celebrations for the Day of the Horse and the scientific conference was held a competition for representational art portraying their Akhal-Teke horses. The prize for the best carpet was $3000, decoration $2,000, best image $1,500 and best sculpture was $1,000. My favourites were the natural dyed wool carpets made by Boozoganow Satgeldi [...]
