Culture – gold treasury of people’s soul

In the year “The Fount of Mind Magtymguly Pyragy” along with a holiday of workers of culture and art, who gives spiritual pleasure to the people, with the big celebration is also marked the 300th anniversary of Magtymguly Pyragy, whose thoughtful poetry is compared to the fount of mind. The fact that these glorious holidays are celebrated together, it is clearly visible as during a nice epoch of which has dreamt the poet-thinker, the culture and art of the Turkmen people is marked by development, still greater success accompanies the policy in the field of culture. In honour of day of workers of culture and art, and also poetry of Magtymguly Pyragy in the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan is organized an exhibition named “Culture – intellectual wealth of the people”. The exhibition is opened with the wise words of the honourable President about culture and art and an emblem of the year. There are also presented works of artists G.Tоrayev “Kunyaurgench”, G.Nurlyyev "Astana-baba", "Sultan Sanjar", “Shirbekir Mausoleum”, "Jeweller", personifying historical monuments of Merv, Khorezm, Dekhistan and tableware, glazed jugs, a lamp. In the course of the exhibition are located works of the People’s artist of Turkmenistan Ch.Amangeldiyev “Rodoguna”and young artists G.Yazmukhammedova “National values”, S.Redjepov “Ancient craft”. The separate place at an exhibition is given to the articles of women’s clothing, the red, green, yellow capes embroidered with skilful hands of our women and painted in colours of the spring nature, scullcap, a package for a dowry and others. In storehouses of the State museum is kept jewellery made at the beginning of the 20th century. Among them are presented gulyaka, ay halka, eginlik, tumar, yenselik, gosh asyk, four-lane bracelets and the modern jewellery compositions, which decorate the exhibition. The exhibition was opened with the words of greeting by the head of advertising and publishing division of the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan Durdymurat Atdayev. Then the floor was given to the Honoured Art Worker of Turkmenistan, sculptor Orazmyrat Gurbanov, artist Redjep Mukhammedov, the lecturer of Turkmen State special art school near the Academy of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan Merdan Kakabayev, deputy head of division of Fine Arts of the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan Ogulbairam Durdyyeva.