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At the Revival of a new eposh of the powerful state due the tireless care of the honoutable President ancient crafts and the national traditions inherited from our ancestors are highly appreciated. Felt mat – one of the values, which became the national pride of our people, whose history begins from the time immemorial. Felt mat products, which were made by our ancestors, are considered as miracle of our applied art.
Manufacturing of felt mat was a tradition since ancient times. Felt mat – one of the national values, reflecting sincere dreams of women, inexpressible beauty of language of the Turkmen nature, an antiquity of our people and the present times, is a guarantee of health, peace and consent in our homes and on festivals. Among the people are popular such kinds of felt mat, as «with patterns» and «without patterns». Our women have made from felt mat many different kinds of felt mat products. Various kinds of felt mat and felt mat products concern features of manufacturing of felt mat intended for the various purposes. These products erected by Turkmen women on level of art, are still more improved at present, absorbing colour of time and exemplifying our youth.
On the 16-th of February 2022 declared «Epoch of people with Аrkadag» at the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan together with Management of a non-material cultural heritage of the Ministry of culture of Turkmenistan was carried out a conference «Felt mat – the perfect sample of National Folk of Turkmens» and in its network was organized an exhibition.
The conference was opened by the head of coordination division of the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan Maysagul Geldiyeva, there also participated deputy manager of management of non-material cultural heritage Ogultach Khojanyyazova, senior lecturer of social science department of the Institute of International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ayna Baimyradova, leading librarian of bibliography department of the State Library of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan Akjemal Saparova, deputy manager of of Ethnography division of the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan Bahartach Rustemova and leading librarian of Gurbannazar Ezizov library of centralized network of Ashgabat city libraries Arzuv Allaberenova.
The participants of conference acquainted with the exhibition «Felt mat – the perfect sample of National Folk of Turkmens».
The basis of the exhibition consisted of the collection of felt mats and felt mat products of five regions, which are carefully stored in storehouse of material culture, intended for the various purposes and decorated by national ornaments of five provinces. The image of the Turkmen woman decorating felt mat, gives to the exhibition national colour. Picture carpets from the storehouse of souvenirs of our museum glorify a beauty of the Turkmen nature, decorating an exposition. Each exhibition, organized at the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan, brings up diligence and love to art of rising generation.