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INDISPENSABLE TASTES OF BREAK TIME

What do you do when you want to relax? Or what do you do when you want to spend your time with your friends? You probably invite them for tea or coffee, right? Some people say tea is an excuse to spend time with people. Actually, it is one of the most incredible discoveries on earth, because when you want to see some one or talk to someone, you invite them for tea. Moreover, this is so nice to make tea for your parents or the elders after they have sat down and relaxed. So, what do you know about the history of tea?  Many of you know that the history of tea began in China. According to legend, the Chinese emperor Shen Nung was sit ting beneath a tree and his servant was boiling drinking water, when some leaves from the tree blew into the pot. Shen Nung, who was a renowned herbalist, decided to try the infusion that his servant had prepared accidentally. So let’s learn some facts about tea:

Anau is the cultural capital of the Turkic world 2024

«7/24. tm», № 18 (153), 01.05.2023. The Ancient Anau – the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World conference took place at the Ak Bugday National Museum of Turkmenistan in Anau town. It marked the decision of the 39th Term Meeting of the Permanent Council of TURKSOY, which was held in Bursa (Turkey) on November 5 last year, to declare Anau town as the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World 2024. It is also symbolic that 2024 was declared as the Year of the great poet and thinker Magtymguly Fraghi at this meeting.

World town twinning day

«7/24. tm», № 18 (153), 01.05.2023. The date of the celebration of World Town Twinning Day is unique for each year. In 2023, it has fallen on April 30.

Serve your Compatriots

On April 20, a meeting of the Halk Maslahaty was held under the chairmanship of the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. It is noteworthy that the meeting was held with the participation of the deputies of the Mejlis, newly elected following the results of the elections of March 26, 2023 that are members of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, chairmen of the velayat, etrap and city halk maslahaty, archins of towns and settlements, which are the administrative centres of etraps, deputy chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, heads of the security, defence and law-enforcement agencies, hyakims of velayats, Ashgabat, etraps and cities and heads of political parties and public associations. The main message that the Hero-Arkadag addressed to the audience was to direct all their strength and energy to serve their compatriots. “By joint efforts, united and selfless work, we will be able to ensure the prosperity of our beloved Motherland and to implement plans that will be inscribed in golden letters in the annals of our glorious history and will become an example to follow for future generations!” the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasised. At the request of the editorial staff of the NT newspaper, the deputies of

Marathon Race of Akhalteke Horses

On the expanses of emerald hills interspersed with red tulips against the background of the Kopetdag Mountains in the Ak Bugday etrap of the Ahal velayat, one could observe the flight of “heavenly” horses. These were participants of a marathon long-distance race to mark the forthcoming National Holiday of the Turkmen Horse. The organiser of the race was the Türkmen Atlary State Association. In the race, famous horses of the Ahalteke Equestrian Complex of the President of Turkmenistan, the International Ahalteke Equestrian Complex, the National Equestrian Centre, the Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan and the Frontier Guard Service participated. The marathon route consisted of two stages 30 kilometres each and passed through rough terrain.

Dedication to rhe “Heavenly” Horses

The ceremony of awarding the winners of the creative contest “Winged Horses – Our National Pride”, timed to coincide with the National Day of the Turkmen Horse, took place at the Museum of Fine Arts of the capital. The event was organised by the Ministry of Culture and the National Trade Union Centre of Turkmenistan. Figures of culture and art, writers and poets, journalists and residents of our country took part in the competition with great creative enthusiasm. In the nomination of the best poems glorifying the beauty of the Ahalteke horses, the laureates were the head of the department of the Ministry of Textile Industry of Turkmenistan Rahman Dovletov, the editor of the department of the Watan newspaper Ogultach Oraztaganova, students of Magtymguly Turkmen State University Gunesh Maksadova and Begench Amashov, teacher of secondary school 5 of the Etrek etrap, Balkan velayat, Ahmetberdi Mededov, a resident of Saparmyrat Turkmenbashi etrap, Dashoguz velayat, Gurbanbay Amanov, the head of the literary and drama department of Seyitnazar Seydi State Music and Drama Theatre of the Lebap velayat Shohrat Masharipov and a resident of the town of Bayramaly, Mary velayat, Mayagozel Amanova.

Next issue of Turkmenistan Sport International Magazine released

«7/24. tm», № 17 (152), 24.04.2023. The issue opens with the article «Great Transformations by Arkadag Serdar» (Arkadagly Serdarymyzyň beýik başlangyçlary). The President of Turkmenistan, who has declared the health of the nation a state policy priority, engages in regular physical activity and sports, thus setting an example for his compatriots.

Interesting facts about architecture

«7/24. tm», № 17 (152), 24.04.2023. The most famous dynasty of sculptors in history is the Italians Bartolomeo Carlo and Francesco Rastrelli.

Arkadag – the City of Happiness

NT Reportage The legendary, glorious land of the foothills of the Kopetdag Mountains – a new city of Arkadag, is being built there. It was about those lands that the ancient Greek geographer and historian Strabo wrote at the turn of the new chronology, “Having captured all the cities of Hyrcania, Alexander the Great reached the area called Happy Population.”

XIV volume of Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan published in English

«7/24. tm», № 16 (151), 17.04.2023. The XIV volume of the scientific work Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan by the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was published in English.