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  • This enormous national flag of Turkmenistan weighs nearly half a ton and  flies from a 133 metre high flagpole outside the National Museum in Ashgabat
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  • The golden statue of former President Saparmurat Niyazov (known as Turkmenbashy) stands over a fountain in front of the Ahal Tekke Horses Monument in the Ten Years of Independence Park in central Ashgabat
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  • A Kazakh wedding couple walk into the Ten Years of Independence Park in central Ashgabat to pose for photographs in front of the monuments
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  • A monument to the Ruhnama, the Book of the Soul, written by Saparmurat Niyazov, the first President of independent Turkmenistan, in central Ashgabat
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  • A lampost featuring the eight sided star significant for Muslims, in the Ten Years of Independence Park in central Ashgabat
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  • Traders in the Russian Bazaar in central Ashgabat selling meat and cheese
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  • Woman selling radishes at a stall in the Russian Bazaar in central Ashgabat
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  • Plug socket, Turkmen style
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  • Central Ashgabat looking west from the Gand Turkmen Hotel at dusk
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  • Arch of Neutrality with the golden domes of the President's palace beyond, central Ashgabat
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  • Interior of the Ertogrul Gazy mosque in Ashgabat, built in the Ottoman style
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  • Inlaid wood door leading to the coutryard of the Ertogrul Gazy mosque in Ashgabat, built in the Ottoman style
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  • Coutryard of the Ertogrul Gazy mosque in Ashgabat, built in the Ottoman style
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  • Young female spectators watch traditional dancing performances at the City Hippodrome in Ashgabat, on the occasion of National Turkmen Horse Day
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  • A golden dun Ahal Teke horse called Melehan is paraded as gift from a Minister to the President, prior to the  'Most Beautiful Horse in Turkmenistan 2010' competition at the City Hippodrome in Ashgabat, on the occasion of National Turkmen Horse Day
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  • An art student stands next to his display at the City Hippodrome in Ashgabat on the occasion of National Turkmen Horse Day.
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  • Male university students dressed in suits and tahyas (national Turkmen hats), watch horse racing from the granstand of the City Hippodrome in Ashgabat on the occasion of National Turkmen Horse Day
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  • Horse racing at the City Hippodrome in Ashgabat on the occasion of National Turkmen Horse Day. A portrait of the Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, the national emblem, and national flags flank the racecourse. Riders compete for cars and domestic appliances as prizes.
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  • Security officers at the City Hippodrome grandstand in Ashgabat on the eoccasion of the National Turkmen Horse Day
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  • Young women in Turkmen costumes perform traditional dances outside the City Hippodrome in Ashgabat on the occasion of the National Turkmen Horse Day
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  • Domed base of the Independence Monument beyond a row of National flags of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat
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  • The Independence Monument in Ashgabat
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  • Young soldiers on sentry duty at the Independence Monument in Ashgabat
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  • Courtyard of the Beyik Saparmyrat Hajy Metjidi mosque at Geok Depe
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  • Woman walking into the courtyard of the Beyik Saparmyrat Hajy Metjidi mosque at Geok Depe
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  • Gurban Durdyyev at Geok Depe horse farm standing in front of the tombstone of his grandfather's first horse. Seven trees were planted for the seven letters of the horse's name, Gulsary (a yellow flower).
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  • Village buildings in Nohur
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  • Turkmen man sitting on his haunches outside a house in Nohur village, Kopet Dag mountains
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  • A horseshoe is inset into the front doorstep of a domestic house in Nohur village, to ward off the evil eye. Nohur village, Kopet Dag mountains
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  • Woman in Nohur village, Kopet Dag mountains
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  • Woman weaving a silk scarf on a loom, in the village of Nohur, Kopet Dag mountains
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  • Nohur graveyard, Kopet Dag mountains
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  • Nohur graveyard, Kopet Dag mountains
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  • Disused building above Nohur village, Kopet Dag mountains
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  • Poppies growing in Nohur village, Kopet Dag mountains
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  • Dried flowers and herbs being sold for tea infusions in the Russian Bazaar in central Ashgabat
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  • Fruit seller talking on her mobile phone in the Russian Bazaar in central Ashgabat
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  • A Turkmen elder wearing a telpek sheeps' wool hat, walking in the village of Nohur
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  • Female camels return to a village near Geok Depe with young after a year in the desert, so that their owners can benefit from the camel milk as well.
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  • An albino Ahal Teke horse at private stables near Geok Depe
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  • Berdi, head groom at the President of Turkmenistan's Ahal Teke horse complex outside Ashgabat, with a black Ahal Teke stallion
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  • Horses belonging to, and liveried at, the President of Turkmenistan's Ahal Teke horse complex outside Ashgabat, grazing on grasslands
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  • Entrance gateway to the President of Turkmenistan's Ahal Teke Horse Complex outside Ashgabat
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