Turkmen: LangMedia Materials and Resources for Less-Commonly Taught Languages

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Turkmen Houses and Households

Appartments     Bathroom in an appartment

Modern apartments are being built in Ashgabat. A bathroom/laundry room in an apartment-style house.

Household items

Turkmens drink a lot of tea therefore each household has a "chaynyk" and "pialalar" or "kaseler."

Dishes

Dishes are left to dry in the backyard of a village house.

Kitchen in Turkmen home   Storage room

A kitchen in a Soviet-style apartment. Turkmen people can and store much food for winter that is kept in "kladovka".