The head of the Department of Bakhshi Art at the Maya Kulieva Turkmen National Conservatory, Honored Artist of Turkmenistan Garyagdy Saryyev became the winner of the III International Festival of Bakhshi Art, which was held in Gulistan, Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan, the newspaper "Turkmenistan" writes today.

The film screening, timed to the Cannes International Film Festival, will be held on May 20 at the French Institute in Ashgabat. Viewers will be able to watch four films presented last year at the Cannes Film Festival.

Folklore collective from Turkmenistan "Lachin" became the best group that performed at the international music festival "Harybulbul" in the Azerbaijani city of Shusha. The official Turkmen press writes about this today.

The common saying "diamonds are a girl's best friend" does not apply to Georgian women. Their jewelry "favorites" are minankari - original and extraordinarily beautiful handmade jewelry, in which you can look elegant at a social event or be irresistible at a friendly party. You can wear them with simple dresses or jeans and always remain in the spotlight.

The staff of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Ukraine, together with V.Chernovol School No. 235 and the Magtymguly Kiev Library, organized a cultural and educational event in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Turkmen classic Magtymguly Pyragy.

One day, several stars of the Turkmen music scene talked and decided to create a new band called the Ashgabat Camerata or the Ashgabat Camerata (AC). Everyone has benefited from this decision, and above all we are an army of grateful listeners.

Days of Culture of Turkmenistan will be held in Albuquerque, the largest city in the US state of New Mexico, on October 23-24. The organization of the cultural event was discussed on Thursday during a video conference, which was attended by representatives of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the University of New Mexico, located in the southwestern United States.

The premiere of the feature film "Daragt" ("Tree") directed by the Turkmenfilm studio Salih Bayramov took place on Wednesday at the Ashgabat cinema in the capital. It is symbolic that the picture was shown during the celebration of the Great Victory – after all, the new melodrama tells about the wartime events of 1941-1945 and the fate of the Turkmen woman Nyazik, who accompanied her husband to war and waited for him to return home for many years, even after the end of the Great Patriotic War.

The first place and the title of laureate were awarded at the II All-Russian open competition of young Pianists "Stages of Mastery" by a student Aynur Otuzova and teacher Jeyhun Babayev. They became winners in the category "Teacher-student", presenting the composition of Sergei Rachmaninoff "Piano Concerto No. 1 part 1".

How much does a person need for happiness? The answer is one - everything is known in comparison. From the height of our XXI century, we are unlikely to be able to fully understand our grandfathers and great-grandfathers from the distant 40s.