Rahilä Dawut.

Tarred as I am by the brush of specialising in China, my interest in Tibetan and Uyghur cultures is merely that of an outsider. But having written a series of posts on Tibet, it seems suitable to round up my readings on Uyghur culture—and its recent decimation—with a selection from the Uyghur tag in the sidebar.

I began by reviewing

• Ashiq: the last troubadour.

For the fine publications of Rachel Harris, see

• Uyghur culture in crisis
• Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam
• The complicity of heritage,

with the latter theme pursued by Musapir in

• “Strange culture”:  whose heritage?

See also

• Uyghur drum-and-shawm,

which leads us to the outstanding work of anthropologist Rahilä Dawut, who was disappeared in 2017:

• Shrine festivals of the Uyghurs.

On the work of Mukaddas Mijit, see

• Another Uyghur film-maker.

Two more posts feature the wonders of Uyghur music, as they were until recently:

• Taco taco burrito
• Indian and world fiddles,

See also

• Uyghur music in London
• Recent studies of the Uyghur crisis
• and remarkable videos of the Naqshbandi Sufi order
• cf. Central Asia: shashmaqom at SOAS.