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May 25· Holiday
Ashgabat City Day
The festival of the capital Ashgabat, with concerts, exhibitions and openings of new buildings in the white-marble city.
25 May is the day of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. Lying at the foot of the Kopetdag mountains, the city was rebuilt after the 1948 earthquake and during the years of independence entered the Guinness World Records as the city with the most white-marble buildings.
Ashgabat's symbols include the Independence, Neutrality and Constitution monuments, the Älem cultural centre and the Wedding Palace; its broad avenues, fountains and parks have earned it the name "the white city".
The holiday
City Day brings openings of new buildings, concerts, exhibitions and sports events, and awards for those who have contributed to the capital's development.
Video
Photos
Modern Ashgabat, rebuilt · ILMur / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Ashgabat by night · Hans Birger Nilsen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 
White marble buildings in Ashgabat · Bjørn Christian Tørrissen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Buildings and fountains in Ashgabat · Juris Paiders / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 
Ashgabat streets at night · Hans Birger Nilsen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Ashgabat at night from space · Astronaut photograph ISS071-E-672006 was acquired on September 16, 2024, with a / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Turkmenistan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 27Defenders of the Fatherland Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 21National Spring Festival (Nowruz)
- AprilTurkmen Horse Day
- May 9Victory Day
- May 18Constitution and State Flag Day
- MayTurkmen Carpet Day
- June 27Day of Culture Workers and Magtymguly Pyragy's Poetry
- September 27Independence Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- October 6Remembrance Day (1948 earthquake)
- NovemberHarvest Day
- December 12Neutrality Day
- December 21Memorial Day of the First President S. A. Niyazov
- 10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Adha
- 1 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar — the end of the Ramadan fast; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Fitr