Lesson 8: Kazakhstan and Xinjiang

This week in music class we venture to the vast Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan and to the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of Western China where we pay a visit to the Uyghurs.


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OVERVIEW: “Kazakstan is a landlocked Central Asian nation that is physically larger than Western Europe but has less than twenty million people….”

MUSIC: As one may imagine from learning about Uyghur history, Uyghur music is a nuanced mix of Central Asian, Chinese and many other influences . . .

LANGUAGE: Uyghur is a Turkic language spoken by about 10 million people in Central Asia, 9 million of whom live in Xinjiang . . .

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