In the heart of Central Asia, the sunbaked Karakum Desert stretches across Turkmenistan. For centuries, the nomadic Turkmen who inhabited these desiccated plains trekked long distances on horseback in ...

UN cultural and scientific agency UNESCO has included on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage the Tajik art of weaving silk satin and adras and the Turkmen tradition of breeding Akhal-Teke horses ...

Turkmenistan is home to one of the oldest and most beautiful horse breeds known as Akhal-Teke. These horses have been bred for thousands of years by the Turkmen Teke tribe in the Akhal oasis in the ...

A Turkmenistan man performs with an Akhal-Teke Horse at a festival in China, May 12, 2014. (AP / Jason Lee) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov accepted a new honorific title, the "People's Horse Breeder", on Sunday at celebrations for the Day of the Horse in the isolated Central Asian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trainers clad in ornate uniforms and traditional white fur headgear led golden-bedecked stallions round a stage arena at an annual ...

AGROUP of equestrians are determined to raise the profile of central Asia’s best kept secret at the Vale of Evesham show which is due to take place next Saturday. Akhal-Teke horses are among the most ...

Trainers clad in ornate uniforms and traditional white fur headgear led golden-bedecked stallions round a stage arena at an annual horse beauty pageant in the ultra-closed Central Asian state of ...

Authoritarian leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov accepts new honorific title during Day of the Horse celebrations which included a horse beauty contest Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly ...