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For the past few years, the Christmas symbol has been installed in the central part of the capital of Turkmenistan on New Year's Eve, drawing more and more street kids, a sign of the contradictions of a country that fails to take care of some of its children.
Some of the city’s most distinguished residents tend to look at them with a certain contempt; others have some compassion, and cannot help but pay some attention to these poor kids, dressed in rags in the bitter cold, giving them a few coins and something to eat. There are also those who turn the children away, shouting: “Hey! Don't you have parents?”
Only police take care of street kids, chasing away those who get too close to the fir tree, ignoring those who extend their hand at a distance of 15 to 20 metres from the centre of the celebrations. Turkmen authorities have not officially reacted to the exponentially growth of the problem; instead, they are more concerned with picking the prettiest boys and girls to be “presented” at public events.
The children chosen as the"most beautiful" must present themselves in front of the large fir tree upon the arrival of President Serdar Berdymukhamedov, following three weeks of rehearsing dances and other performances, learning poems and songs by heart, with gruelling exercises, often victims of teachers who are not shy about using violence to get the kids to do what they tell them.
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