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Turkmen leader inspires devotion to melon
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Media | TV News - British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News |
News Date | Monday, August 11, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | Turkmenistan has devoted a day of festivities to celebrate the country's muskmelon, a close relative of the watermelon.
The holiday was inspired by President Saparmurat Niyazov, who prefers to be known as Turkmenbashi, or leader of the Turkmens.
"Do celebrate Muskmelon Day well, as a real holiday. Make sure that all associations and enterprises take part in it," the Turkmen television showed the leader telling state officials.
The television report on Monday about the holiday waxed lyrical over the fruit.
"This godsend has a glorious history that goes back centuries," it said, adding that its advantages were the product of Turkmenistan's "blazing sun, mild weather, productive land and tasty water, as well as peasants' kindness". |
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