Have a rich crop our native heath

On the 9-th of November 2019 in honour of a Harvest Holiday at the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan was organized an exhibition under the name «Have a rich crop our native heath». Harvest Holiday, which is annually celebrated in the country on the second Sunday of November - obvious demonstration of the fact that the state pays great attention to the of work peasants of Independent, permanently neutral Turkmenistan, who grow up wheat, cotton and others agricultural production, including melons and watermelons. President of Turkmenistan tells about this: «Harvest holiday is compliment paid to the honest labour of Turkmen daykhans at the state level».

The exposition is divided into three thematic parts. The first section is devoted to the history of development of agriculture in our country. The revealing of the first signs of settled agriculture in the Central Asia near Jeytun village near Ashgabat is an important historical event. In 1904 the American scientist R.Pampelli has found out on hills of Anau grains of white wheat dated by the fourth millenium B.C.

The second section is devoted to the development of agriculture in Turkmenistan in 30-50-s of the ХХ century. In photo of those years are shown women working in a cotton field, a harvest season selfless labour of rural workers. In the course of the exhibition are exhibited the works of artists glorifying a rich crop of wheat, cotton and other agricultural products during the years of Independence, documentary photography, carpets and carpet products, five saddle-bags adorned with patterns of provinces and filled with cotton, the sheaves of wheat that mean food abundance of Turkmen people.

Тhe exhibition was opened by the manager of the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan, candidate of historical science Ovezmukhammet Mammetnurov with words of greeting. Then the floor was given to the specialist in organizational and political issues of Аshgabat municipal Committee of Country party of Turkmenistan Akdjemal Sukhanova, key specialist of the institute of desert and the vegetable and animal worlds of the Ministry of Agriculture and environmental protection, candidate of biological science Edjebay Kockanova, lecturer of the department of agricultural chemistry and soil science of the faculty of Аgroecology of S.A.Nyyazov Turkmen State agricultural university Myratberdi Chopanov, the I category librarian of the State library of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan, Honoured cultural worker Oguljemal Orazdurdyyeva, lecturer of the State Academy of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan, Honoured cultural worker Аzаt Аnnаyеv, subeditor of «Garagum» magazine Nurtach Annamukhamedova, deputy editor-in-chief of «Bereketli toprak» newspaper Aynabat Atayeva, executive secretary of «Täze oba» magazine Kakysh Nazarov, postgraduate of the Institute of History and archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan Guljakhan Ballyyeva, subeditor of «Ahal durmuşy» newspaper Durnabat Ashyrova.

The students of S.A.Nyyazov Turkmen State agricultural university, Turkmen Institute of culture, Turkmen State school for culture and art and D. Azady Turkmen national Institute of world languages.

Their interesting and emotional speeches were met with prolonged applause. Then the guests get acquainted with the exhibition « Have a rich crop our native heath « and listened to the information of museum staff.