Turkmen nationals welcomed the National holiday of spring International Day of Nowruz with colourful events in the atmosphere of special inspiration and joy with the most kind hopes and bright intentions.
Colourful folklore and ethnographic performances, bright costumes, songs and dances that have come down from the depth of centuries highlighted a deep symbol of this event in honour of awakening of nature and renewal of life.
As President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov underlined in his festive message to people, This holiday, which has firmly entered the life of not only Turkmens, but also all peoples of the East, has become a triumph of peace, humanism, friendship and brotherhood.
As a symbol of revival, flowering and renewal, Nowruz unites people by bringing them together and developing trusted relations.Good neighbourhood, mutually beneficial relations, trust in each other are basic principles of Nowruz.
The holiday of Nowruz, included in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, included in itself high spiritual and moral values and unique traditions of many peoples, including those of Turkmens.
It serves a wonderful example of a thousand-year-old synthesis of cultures in which age-old customs and family traditions mix with them music heritage, modern art and develop into the amazing national joy.
Main events of this day took place in the capital on the bank of the Garagum River where an improvised settlement, which displayed mainly details of Turkmen traditional mode of life with colourful customs, demonstrated its majestic view.
Here behind symbolic gates a large Turkmen settlement built with yurts, trestle beds and coaching inns with domestic animals, smoking cauldrons harmonically blended with the eastern market with its brightly coloured market stalls, lively touts and actors who cheer people, appeared.
The pompous and joyful Turkmen toy in honour of Nowruz began to sound with elating melodies and shined with colourful rainbows of spring.