A fragrant exhibition with the telling title "We read with our nose" has opened in St. Petersburg. The exhibits are unusual – book smells of literary works of the 20th century, reports the publication "St. Petersburg Vedomosti".

The Turkmen Embassy in Azerbaijan and the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan have organized events in Baku dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the prominent classic of world literature Magtymguly Pyragy, Atavatan Turkmenistan reports.

The piano was given as a gift to the Turkmen-Russian Pushkin Secondary School in Ashgabat. The musical instrument was handed over to the students by Mikhail Mishustin, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Telegram channel of the government of the Russian Federation reports.

The best 11 Turkmen musicians will take part in the Tsinandali Festival International Academic Music Festival as part of the world-famous Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra. The performances of the contestants from Turkmenistan will be evaluated by Claudio Vandelli, one of the most promising Italian conductors of the new generation and co-author of the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra, who specially arrived in Ashgabat for the qualifying audition.

Mamed Guseynov is a native of Turkmenistan, composer, public figure and laureate of prestigious creative competitions. For us, he is known, first of all, as a propagandist of Turkmen musical culture abroad, as the creator and art director of the Moscow International Art Festival "Sounds of Dutar" named after Nury Halmamedov.

Not so long ago, the recognized master of Turkmen music, composer Danatar Hydyrov received a message from his respected mentor - Russian composer, Honored Artist and professor of the Moscow Conservatory Konstantin Batashov and shared this pleasant news with us.

A new diorama named "Hunter" dedicated to the ancient tradition of hunting, which has deep roots, has opened in the State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan in the exposition of the ethnographic department, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.

Scientists from Oxford University (UK) together with colleagues from Aarhus (Denmark) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) conducted a study of the impact of TV series and movies on the human body. The results of the experiments are published in the journal Science Advances.

In the city of Aktau, in the hotel "Nur-Plaza" on Thursday, February 16, an exhibition-fair was opened, in the exposition of which there are jewelry, carpet, felt and textile products from different countries. Handmade carpets from Turkmenistan are presented on it by the Kazakh company "Tumar Carpets" from Astana. This company is engaged in the trade of high-quality carpets, bringing original copies from all over the world to Kazakhstan.

Turkmen pop stars performed a concert in Moscow, the website of the Consulate General of Turkmenistan in Kazan reports.