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These walls can be built up again. However, this time they shall be built not from the soil, but from the trees.

The relations of the Türkmen nation with nature show interesting features. Our material spiritual and cultural values have been developed within the natural environment that we inhabit. We live in a varied material and spiritual culture which we have constructed with nature. The simplicity and beauty in our history stem from the harmonious relations between our nation and the natural environment. The life of the nation which harmonizes with nature will last as long and be as fruitful as nature itself.

Read Oghuznama, Gorkut Ata, or Görogly and you see a harmony with nature; this harmony reminds you of the relations between father and son. Thus Türkmen nation calls this country the “homeland.” This kind of relationship gives the Türkmen spirit naturalness, health, spiritual loftiness, and beauty. In this we can see the affinity between the hero Gorkut Ata and the rivers and the plains, and the respect and attachment of Görogly for the mountains. The fundamental principles of the Türkmen character, naturalness, honesty, and trust stem from this relationship with the environment and the qualities of the Türkmen spirit.

The nature of the Türkmen is the essence of the Türkmen nation.

The nature of the Türkmen is the first and main source of understanding of the spiritual world of the Türkmen.

The nature of the Türkmen is the alphabet of the spiritual language of the Türkmen.

The clothes and national costume of the Türkmens are not merely the external appearance of the Türkmens, but also


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