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A date with a touch of Turkmenistan.

These at-home dates take inspiration from Turkmen carpet patterns, music and flavors. They do not assume unrestricted local access.

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4 plans you can actually try.

Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.

Combine two local ideas

Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.

A date at home

  1. Listen to the dutar

    Find a recording of a Turkmen dutar player and discuss the sound two strings can make together.

  2. Bake and share bread

    Choose a recipe for Turkmen bread and bake a small round loaf together, each taking a role in kneading and shaping.

Look around and make something

  1. Desert color chart

    View photographs of Turkmen landscapes from a reliable collection and each create a palette of five colors.

  2. Carpet pattern on graph paper

    Study the geometric rhythm of Turkmen carpets and design your own narrow border together on graph paper.

Try two new things

  1. Carpet pattern on graph paper

    Study the geometric rhythm of Turkmen carpets and design your own narrow border together on graph paper.

  2. Listen to the dutar

    Find a recording of a Turkmen dutar player and discuss the sound two strings can make together.

Things to do together anywhere

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You can also try these ideas in Turkmenistan. Choose a place that suits you and check what is available locally.

Indoors
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Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Switch walking partnersWalk a route with a small group and swap conversation partners halfway through.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Mushrooms without pickingLook for mushrooms in different shapes and colours in autumn.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Concert on the grassFind an outdoor concert and listen from somewhere you can sit comfortably.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Follow the signsChoose a public signpost and follow one destination neither of you knows yet.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Fifteen minutes of morning birdwatchingSit quietly for fifteen minutes and listen to which birds you can hear.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE The same buds, twiceLook at a shrub or tree in spring and return a week later.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Build and test a kiteMake a simple kite together and try it out in a suitable open space.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Digital postcard chainSend each other three photos that together tell a mini story of your day.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Visit the community oven togetherBake something small at a shared oven or a local baking activity.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Spring playlist walkEach choose five songs and take turns listening to them during a walk.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE An autumn playlist walkEach make a short playlist for a walk around your neighborhood.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Early bakery routePick something up from a bakery early and eat it somewhere the day is just beginning.View the idea
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