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Uyghur
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Uyghur
The Uyghur nationality is mainly distributed
in the Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang
Province). With a population of more than 8.9
million, Uyghur people speak Uyghur and have
their own writing characters. The Uyghur
nationality believe in Islam. Their households
are characterized by flat roof with trap door on
it. Within their house visitors could find
parlor, bed room , handiwork and storage rooms.
The exquisitely decorated niche ,carved from
plaster, has rich flavor of the Uyghur
nationality . The Uyghur nationality have "Roza"
Festival, (vegetarian diet-breaking festival).
Uyghur people are known as "the singing and
dancing nationality", famous for its "Twelve Muqams" dancing performance, which is a musical
epic. The Uyghur nationality attach great
importance to clothing, they are always tidily
dressed. All the Uyghur people wear small
four-corner flower hats. The Uyghur people has
the famous bridal-veil raising ceremony. Among
the entertaining programs of the Uyghur
Nationality Village are " Uyghur Nationality
Custom Introduction", "Sing and Dancing","
Instruments Playing", and other conventional
performances.
Uyghur language
Uyghur language is a Turkic language spoken in
Xinjiang ,China.
The language traditionally used the Arabic
script since 10th century. The government
introduced a Roman script in 1969, but the
Arabic script was reintroduced in 1983. |
