THE MEETING TITLED "INDEPENDENCE – THE JOY OF SOULS" WAS HELD

At Secondary School 36 of the Mary city, the meeting titled "Independence – the Joy of Souls" was held on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of our glorious Independence. The event was organized jointly by the Mary Provincial Main Department of Education and the Mary Provincial Children's Library. The session, which involved young readers and school librarians, featured speeches about the works of the National Leader of the Turkmen people, the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, our Hero Arkadag, and our respected President, the Arkadagly Hero Serdar.

The director of the Mary Provincial Children's Library, E. Gurbanmyradova, opened the session. At the beginning of her speech, she congratulated the participants on the 34th anniversary of our glorious Independence and gave an impactful talk about the book by our Arkadagly Hero Serdar, "Youth is the Pillar of the Motherland." She spoke about our country's present day, its future, and its flourishing development.

In her speech, T. Rejepova, a teacher from the 16th Secondary School of Mary city, gave interesting talks about our happy people's special respect for books and the word. She highlighted that the book is a great force that influences a person's spiritual world and inspires goodness, and is considered a sacred and valuable transformative element in the destiny of humanity.

In her speech, A. Hommyýewa, the librarian of the 23rd Secondary School of Mary city, specialized in foreign languages, held an engaging question-and-answer session with young book lovers. She spoke about the book by our Arkadagly Hero Serdar, "Anau – A Culture with Millennia-Old Roots," as well as about the works born from the genius of our Hero Arkadag.The interesting conversations held during the session "Independence – the Joy of Souls," organized on the occasion of the sacred Independence holiday, left a great impression on the young readers.

We express our profound gratitude and wish long life and good health to our Hero Arkadag and our Arkadagly Hero Serdar. They show great state concern for the happy life of our generations and for raising them as true patriots, humanists, and people of pure morality, broad-mindedness, and integrity! May their work for the benefit of all humanity always prosper!

Maksat Yakubov,

Specialist of the General Secondary Education Division

Mary Provincial Main Department of Education.