{"id":9615,"date":"2021-04-26T12:09:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T12:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=9615"},"modified":"2021-04-26T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T12:09:29","slug":"a-statue-an-ode-and-now-a-national-holiday-for-turkmenistan-dog-breed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/04\/26\/a-statue-an-ode-and-now-a-national-holiday-for-turkmenistan-dog-breed\/","title":{"rendered":"A statue, an ode, and now a national holiday for Turkmenistan dog breed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">Turkmenistan marked a new holiday on Sunday dedicated to its national Alabai dog breed, to which its longtime leader has already erected a gilded monument and written an ode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">The new holiday took place on the same day as a festival celebrating the Akhal-Teke horse breed, which Turkmenistan also considers part of its national heritage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9617\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/A-statue-an-ode-and-now-a-national-holiday-for-Turkmenistan-dog-breed-rapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"A-statue-an-ode-and-now-a-national-holiday-for-Turkmenistan-dog-breed-rapidnews\" width=\"800\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/A-statue-an-ode-and-now-a-national-holiday-for-Turkmenistan-dog-breed-rapidnews.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/A-statue-an-ode-and-now-a-national-holiday-for-Turkmenistan-dog-breed-rapidnews-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/A-statue-an-ode-and-now-a-national-holiday-for-Turkmenistan-dog-breed-rapidnews-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">The Alabai day included a contest to find the best of the large shepherd dogs. President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who has run the isolated desert nation of 6 million since 2007, awarded the top prize for courage to a border guard service dog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">The president\u2019s son, deputy prime minister Serdar Berdymukhamedov, presented the award which included a medal for the dog and a car for its handler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">The authorities also organized a race for Akhal-Teke purebreds, horses known for their elegant stature and metallic sheen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">Dogs and horses are sources of national pride in the former Soviet republic bordering Afghanistan, where they are widely used by many traditional herders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-1 paragraph\" data-aa-component=\"paragraph\" data-allow-readmode=\"\">Last year, the government erected a gilded Alabai statue on a busy traffic circle in the capital, Ashgabat. 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