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Arts and Crafts of the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan

 June 17, 2022 9 688
Arts and Crafts of the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan

On History of Cultural Traditions Transformation: Arts and Crafts of the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan
Author: Risalat U. Karimova
Source: Oriente Moderno , 2016, NUOVA SERIE, Anno 96, Nr. 1 (2016), pp. 3-24
Published by: Istituto per l’Oriente C. A. Nallino
ABSTRACT
The article examines the development of traditional arts and crafts among Kazakhstan’s Uyghurs under the influence of various historical factors. The Uyghurs of Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries comprise ethnographic group which developed over the last centuries separated from the main Uyghur population in Xinjiang, China, which resulted in emergence of their particular features. The article argues that the transformation of traditional arts and crafts among the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan occurred under the influence of political events, which changed dramatically the life of the entire population of the Russian Empire. Continue reading “Arts and Crafts of the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan” →

Ancient Texts and Languages of Ethnic Groups along the Silk Road

 June 13, 2022 8 433
Ancient Texts and Languages of Ethnic Groups along the Silk Road

Ancient Texts and Languages of Ethnic Groups along the Silk Road
Johannes Reckel and Merle Schatz (Eds.)
Author: Saifulla Abdullaev, Nazgul Abdyrakmatova, Erkin Awghaly …
Published: Universitätsdrucke Göttingen, 2021
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Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang (1939)

 June 7, 2022 4 343
Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang (1939)

Author: FOLKE BERGMAN
STOCKHOLM 1939, BOKFÖRLAGS AKTIEBOLAGET THULE
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
About 40 years ago a happy combination of circumstances enabled me, though not an archaeologist by profession, to discover ruins of several towns, villages, fortifications and temples in Eastern Turkistan, ruins which had for many centuries, in certain cases even a couple of thousand years, remained hidden and forgotten in the desert sand. From many of these places I brought home to Sweden collections of archaeological specimens…

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Uygur Performing Arts in Contemporary China

 May 28, 2022 2 403
UYGUR RESEARCH LIBRARY

Uygur Performing Arts in Contemporary China
Author(s): Colin Mackerras
Source: The China Quarterly , Mar., 1985, No. 101 (Mar., 1985), pp. 58-77
Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the School of Oriental and African Studies

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