Some Pictures and its Brief introduction
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A Young Shepherd
A young Uyghur shepherd carries his lunch of bread on a stick over his shoulder in the Taklimakan Desert. More than half of Uyghur region, home to the Taklimakan, is Uyghur, an ethnic minority of mixed Turkish decent which ruled northern Mongolia in the 7th and 8th centuries. Roughly translated, Taklimakan means "if you go in, you don't come out". |
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Portrait of a Uyghur girl
A young Uyghur girl smiles in the remote backwater town of Yorungqax located on the edge of the Taklimakan desert. br>
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An Uyghur Elder
An elderly Uyghur man stands in Tuyoq, a remote Uyghur village of mud and adobe buildings outside of Turpan. Western travelers have compared Tuyoq to Italy's Tuscany. The region in general and Tuyoq in particular is well known for its grapes which are picked and dried by hand as they were in Marco Polo's time. More than half of Uyghur Region, home to the Taklimakan, is Uyghur, an ethnic minority of Turkish origin which ruled northern Mongolia in the 7th and 9th centuries.
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Psst...sharing a secret
Psst...sharing a secret
Two young Uyghur girls share a secret in front of one of the many fruit and nut merchants at the Kashgar market. Kashgar has been a fabled city on Silk Road for thousands of years. Every Sunday locals and tourists travel great distances to come to the Bazaar.
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Spice for sale
Spice for sale
Spices of many varieties are for sale at the Kashgar market. Every Sunday locals and tourists travel great distances to come to the Kashgar Bazaar which has been described as "a sprawl of bleating animals and haggling Uyghurs...with a constant murmur of offer and counter-offer." Kashgar has been a fabled city on China's Silk Road for thousands of years. Located at a crossroads for traders coming from Tibet, China, India, Afghanistan, Persia, Pakistan, and Russia, Kashgar is home to one of the world's great Bazaars.
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Soups up
A street vendor serves fresh bowls of soup at daybreak to eager customers at his stand in the Kashgar market. Every Sunday locals and tourists travel great distances to come to the Bazaar, which has been described as "a sprawl of bleating animals and haggling Uyghurs...with a constant murmur of offer and counter-offer."
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A colorful smile
A young woman smiles at one of the many fabric stands in the Kashgar market. Located in Uyghur Region , Kashgar has been a fabled city on the Silk Road for thousands of years and is home to one of the world's great Bazaars. Every Sunday locals and tourists travel great distances to come to the Bazaar which has been described as "a sprawl of bleating animals and haggling Uyghurs...with a constant murmur of offer and counter-offer."
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