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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The very Soviet practice of mounting street signs on buildings rather than on poles – wayfinding geared up to the needs of pedestrians more than …
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The use of the Turkmenistan flag on the license plate, a bumper with history.
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A few days ad-hoccing in Turkmenistan (map) before hopping onto the next. This is the home of the cult of personality, the personality of Gurbanguly …
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