Webinar: “Sacred Threads: Heritage, Ritual, and Meaning in Turkmen Textiles” with Dr. Snezhanna Atanova, Author, Ethnologist, Assistant Professor, Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. Saturday, November 22, 10 am pt / 1 pm et / 6 pm gmt – London. Textile Museum Associates of So. California. Free Registration: https://tinyurl.com/TMATurkmanRReg For thousands of years, the peoples of Central Asia, including the Turkmen, have created spectacular textiles for every aspect of life. Infinite care, resources and time have gone into making elaborate costumes (connoting the wearer’s identity and place in society), equestrian items, and exquisite furnishings for settled as well as nomadic lifestyles. Items of dress were decorated literally from top to toe: boots were embroidered with metal thread, while hats were stitched, appliquéd and felted. The women of a family would come together to embroider dazzling pieces to form part of a bride’s dowry. Combined, these objects tell an evocative story of life along the Silk Road in times past. In this program, Prof. Snezhanna Atanova, a native Turkmen, will speak specifically on the Turkmen people and their textiles. Zoom Registration: https://tinyurl.com/TMATurkmanRReg Read the Tma/Sc Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/TMATurkmenReadNewsltter Sign up for our free program emails + Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/TMATurkmenCCNewsltrSignup