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After Turkmenistan gained, at the prosperous epoch of the powerful state, thanks to the care of the honourable President history, national traditions, art and crafts have been started to be restored and profoundly studied. The honourable President has created big possibilities for restoration and development of ancient arts of the Turkmen people. Jeweller’s art of Turkmens is one of the arts, which glorified our people for the whole world since ancient times. Turkmens say not without reason «Craft of the father is peculiar to the son» for this art, which is a sign of cleanliness and honesty, has reached up to now, from times immemorial passing from father to son. The poetic, creatively gifted soul of the laborious Turkmen people is especially shown in an applied arts, that is in jeweller’s art. Works of Turkmen jewellers are famous all over the world. Features of adorning of jewellery, patterns, perfection of manufacturing are so high, that even after the millennia they do not lose their value.
For the purpose of studying of national features of jeweller’s art of Turkmens and study its historical and cultural value, revealings of abilities of young jewellers for creation of the perfect, classical jewellery, the Ministry of culture of Turkmenistan summed up creative competition named «The Beauty coming from antiquity» between jewellers of the country at the State museum of State cultural centre of Turkmenistan and there was organized an exhibition within its network.
In competition took part teachers, students, pupils and specialists of the State Academy of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan, special Turkmen State art school near Academy of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan, Union of artists of Ashgabat city, Byashim Nuraly children's art school of management of culture of Ashgabat city, Management of art exhibitions of Turkmenistan and the exhibition centre of the fine arts.
There were also presented some jewels of regional jewellers, such as woman’s and horse adornments, jewellery compositions. Competition was summed up and there were declared the winners of competition of jewellers. Owners of the first, second and third prize-winning places have been awarded by diplomas and souvenirs of the Ministry of culture of Turkmenistan.
The administration for non-material cultural heritage of the Ministry of culture of Turkmenistan has carried out theoretical and practical conference named «Jeweller’s art – magnificence of the beauty of the people». In conference participated regional workers by visual communication. The floor was given to the lecturer of department of applied arts of the State Academy of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan Ayjemal Charyyeva, junior research fellow of Balkan regional museum of History and Local Lore Gulsona Berdiyeva, member of Union of artists of Turkmenistan, jeweller Mоvlamberdy Annayev, research fellow of Balkan regional museum of History and Local Lore Gulshirin Oraztaganova, the lecturer of department of art history of the State Academy of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan Jeren Baltayeva, specialist of Dashoguz regional museum of History and Local Lore Lachyn Nurmedova, the lecturer of department of art history of the State Academy of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan Bahar Magtymova, I category methodologist of Lebap regional library Akjagul Shamukhammedova, head of methodological department of Saparmurat Turkmenbashy the Great museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan Lale Annamyradova, research fellow of Mary regional museum of History and Local Lore Maral Кurbansakhatova, deputy head of department of Ethnography of the State museum of State cultural centre of Turkmenistan Bahartach Rustemova and head of department of Gokdepe national museum Tavus Amanmyradova.