"Those of you whose teeth have fallen out did not gnaw on bones"

This is a joke, right?

Saparmurat Niyazov, dictator of Turkmenistan, has banned gold teeth and...
" is infamous for declaring July 10 a public holiday in honour of melons - one of the country's main exports - and April 27, Horse Day. He has banned beards because of his suspicion of Islamic fundamentalists and ballet because he deems it unnecessary. Circuses are also prohibited.

He renamed January after himself, and April after his late mother, Gurbansoltanedzhe, who is also portrayed as Justice in a statue outside the Orwellian "Ministry of Fairness"."

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