There
are sacred values and wonders which have been wrought by the Türkmen
nation in the course of our long history.
The
dining table is assumed to be holy by the Türkmen nation. The dining
table is the sign of unity and it gathers the Türkmens around itself.
The dining table is the pledge of the Türkmen. When the Türkmens are
asked, “Who is Han?” they answer, “The dining table.”
Türkmens
gather with their brothers, friends and relatives around a dining table.
When a Türkmen wants to marry a girl, he takes a bundle with a loaf of
bread to the girl’s family. If her family accepts the boy as a
son-in-law, then they take the bread from the bundle and send it back
with a new loaf.
(152-153.)
