Posted
on February 19, 2015
Turkmenistan
has one of the loveliest and THE most detailed national flag ever!
No simple tri-color striped flag for this nation!
On
the flag there is a white waxing crescent moon, which indicates
Turkic and Islamic ties and symbolizes hope for the future, and five
white stars to represent the five provinces of the nation. Most
noticeably, there are five carpet guls, which are designs used in
producing rugs, over two crossed olive branches, which represent the
peaceful nature of the Turkmen people.
The
five carpet designs represent the five major tribes of the nation:
Teke, Yomut, Saryk, Chowdur, and Arsary.
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| Turkmenistan borders on the Caspian Sea, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakstan. |
Turkmen
rugs
In
the past, Turkmen rugs were made by nomadic peoples using the natural
materials they could find in the ares, such as wool from their sheep
and natural dyes from minerals and plants. The Turkmen created
geometrical designs. “Irregularities” were common, because
natural dyes vary from batch to batch, and because the rugs sometimes
stretch when you are always folding up your loom and carting it
around from camp to camp. But it is those irregularities that added
to the handmade charm, many collectors agreed.
Now
there are some large rug workshops in the cities of Turkmenistan.
Rugs created there often use synthetic (human-made) as well as
natural dyes, and they have many fewer irregularities.
Also,
there are large numbers of tugs manufactured in Pakistan and Iran and
exported under the name of “Turkmen rugs.” They generally have
little in common with the original Turkmen rugs.
Turkmenistan
actually has a Ministry of Carpets, which tries to preserve the
traditions of carpet weaving by hand and works on restoration of old
carpets and old looms. Also, there is a Turkmen Carpet Museum with
about 2,000 exhibits, including of course rare and antique carpets.
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