Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Oguljahan Atabayeva, Vice-President for the medical field of the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Charitable Foundation, and Saida Mirziyoyeva, Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, visited the National Turkmen Carpet Museum in Ashgabat on October 20.
elchi reports that during the visit, guests were informed that Turkmenistan successfully preserves and develops carpet weaving art, based on ancient traditions as the homeland of hand-made carpets. It was noted that the Carpet Museum, created for this purpose and where valuable exhibits are preserved, houses rare and giant samples.
It was emphasized that the world’s largest carpet, woven in 2001–2003 and included in the “Guinness Book of Records”, the first giant carpet completed by women during the years of World War II despite difficulties, as well as carpets woven specifically for the museum’s new building in 2009 are preserved here. The museum’s collections contain about 2000 rare and ancient handmade carpet products, including unique samples from the XVII–XIX centuries.
Later, a fashion show of national Turkmen clothing was presented. During the show, hand-embroidered silk Turkmen dresses, as well as clothing enriched with ancient national and modern elements, were widely presented.
