Comm Clusters
Walk around the Ashgabat suburbs and you soon come across of clusters of satellite dishes clinging to buildings like mushrooms to a tree.
How do consumers …
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08 Jun 2010
Brands we know and love, Barf soap powder can be found across the old Soviet republics.
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Open { Somewhere Between } Closed
07 Jun 2010
It appears that every day in Turkmenistan is flag day – this flag arrangement appears outside various ministries, retail outlets and the occassional gas station …
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Turkmenistan only has one style of long license plate, which I presume is issued by a central authority – which means that the many 4WD’s …
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Don’t ask me how, but I somehow ended up at the annual Turkmenistan sports day gala and prize giving.
I suspect every culture has its …
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Trying to get to grips with the monumental architecture of Ashgabat.
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How does your culture celebrate its status? What artifacts are built? What ‘traditions’ are started?
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I’m always intrigued as to what passes for entertainment in a culture and where it borders on novelty for novelties sake. National Sports day in …
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Kids in school uniform, since you ask. Inside the Neutrality Arch the oh-so-subtle monument which includes a 12 meter statue of Saparmurat Niyazov that …
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