The Torch of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is lit up!

The Torch of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were lit up at super giant gas deposit Galkynysh in Mary Velayat.

The participants of the ceremony were addressed with the words of encouragement by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov from the capital by TV spacebridge.

Traditional Turkmen tents with the hearth in the central one according to tradition were installed at the territory of the field where celebration performance takes place.

Young man shot an arrow that were set on fire by the sun beams and, having hot through the hole on the top of the tent, lit the hearth. This hearth was the source for ignition of the Torch of the Games which is to be delivered by the particiants of equestrian ride to the capital for the opening of Asian Games at the Olympic stadium.

The fire of the home hearth is thought to be sacred one among the turkmens. It is symbolical that the Torch of the Asian Games was lit up in the ancient land of Margush. This is the place where one of the centres of the world’s civilization sprang thousands of years ago and where super giant Galkynysh deposit is located in our days.

In this case, the words “super giant” is not just an epithet but classification feature as well. There are few such deposits on the planets and Galkynysh is the largest one onshore.

The cavalcade with the Torch hit the road