Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, march 28, 2007
Women are preparing a showcase with puppets on strings in the newly built Turkmen Dowlet Gurjak Teatry or the Turkmen State Puppet Theatre. The theatre is part of former president Niyazov's cultural policy to promote traditional Turkmen art and culture.
tradition, CCCP, USSR, Soviet Union, Soviet-Union, Central Asia, dictator, dictatorship, propaganda, prestige, amusement
28.03.2007
fot. Nick Hannes/Reporters/REPORTER