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Hoja was born in 1973 in Ürümqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. (wikipedia.org)

Laurent Jeanneau and Shi Tanding have returned from the northwest corner of China's Xinjiang province with an amazing batch of recordings collected during the weeks leading up to the volatile Uyghur uprising of 2009. (forcedexposure.com)
In a December 2018 photo, a guard tower and barbed-wire fences are seen around a facility in western China's Xinjiang region, one of a growing number of internment camps there. (rferl.org)
This video extra from the documentary Diamond in the Dunes goes behind the scenes of this film shot in China's Xinjiang Province. (kcts9.org)

Her grandfather was a widely known composer of traditional Uyghur music. (wikipedia.org)
While growing up, Hoja attended Uyghur-language schools that were run by ethnic Uyghurs. (wikipedia.org)
Hoja is a graduate of Xinjiang Normal University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Uyghur language and literature. (wikipedia.org)
After graduating college, Hoja became the host of the first Uyghur-language children television program in China and became well-known throughout Xinjiang as a result of her role. (wikipedia.org)
COVID-19 has prohibited some recent travel, but two previous visits to the city of Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uyghur region ended with local connections falling through, and the requirement to travel with a tour group in Tehran made accomplishing anything difficult. (hyperallergic.com)
Elise's experience conducting research on Uyghur music in Chinese Central Asia enabled her to provide a viable perspective on troubling human rights abuses being commited by the state against members of ethnic minority communities. (indiana.edu)
One of the emojis designed to represent an Uyghur man wearing traditional clothes. (globalvoices.org)
ESWN is always kind enough to post a link to this blog whenever I put up a new Uyghur music video. (notspecial.org)

Dr. Min Ye, an international relations professor at Boston University, documented in a 2020 study how the BRI enabled China's policing of cross-border ethnic communities, including Kazaks, Kyrgyz, and Uyghurs. (hyperallergic.com)
Since the wave of mass detentions in Xinjiang became known internationally, a secondary proposition has begun to circulate in the media and among a number of politicians: the claim that Tibetans are experiencing similar abuses to those faced by Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang, the other vast, colonized area in what China sees as its far western territory. (joestudwell.com)
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution saying China's treatment of mostly Muslim, Turkic-speaking indigenous ethnic groups, such as Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and others in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, amounts to 'crimes against humanity' and holds a 'serious risk of genocide. (rferl.org)
The document calls on the Chinese government to put an 'immediate end' to the practice of arbitrary detention without charge, trial, or conviction for criminal offenses 'targeted' against Uyghurs and other ethnic Turkic peoples, and to close all camps and detention centers and 'immediately and unconditionally' release all of those detained under the practices. (rferl.org)
As many as 2 million Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and members of Xinjiang's other indigenous ethnic groups have been taken to detention centers in the western Chinese region, according to the U.S. State Department. (rferl.org)
The resolution, which is nonbinding, also criticizes UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet for her recent trip to China, where she visited Xinjiang, saying she 'failed to clearly hold the Chinese government accountable for human rights abuses against the Uyghurs during her visit. (rferl.org)

Her brother was also arrested at this time and placed in one of the Xinjiang internment camps due to Hoja's reporting. (wikipedia.org)
Eli was held in one of the Xinjiang internment camps and later released. (wikipedia.org)
On March 27, 2019, Hoja met with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo as a representative of persons with family members held in the Xinjiang internment camps. (wikipedia.org)
Authorities were reported to have arbitrarily detained more than one million Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Muslims in extrajudicial internment camps designed to erase religious and ethnic identities. (state.gov)

Gulchehra Hoja's aunt, Hankezi Zikeli, is detained in a "transformation-through-education" centrer in Urumqi, Xinjiang, and is believed to have suffered a nervous breakdown. (wikipedia.org)
In this image made from video, two women with blood on their faces comfort each other in Urumqi during an ethnic riot on July 5, 2009. (scmp.com)
He was leaving Beijing that fall for a Ph.D. at Xinjiang University in the provincial capital of Urumqi. (scmp.com)

Because of this the Songbook is still in development, missing music from Kashgar and Tehran. (hyperallergic.com)
In Kashgar, both young and old, they will spontaneously dance with the music. (china-tours-online.com)
If you're curious about Xinjiang, this seven day classic itinerary - starting from Kashgar, passing through Taxkorgan, and ending up with Turpan - is the perfect way for you to explore the wider area. (thatsmags.com)

Yet the language policy of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) was surprisingly flexible from the start when it came to the ethnic minorities, giving minority tongues equal status as official languages in their own region, establishing minority-language schools, and encouraging Han cadres sent to the border regions to learn the local languages. (scmp.com)
Ethnic minorities in China are the non- Han population in the People's Republic of China (PRC). (wikipedia.org)
Official repression of the freedoms of speech, religion, movement, association, and assembly of Tibetans in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and other Tibetan areas, and of predominantly Uighurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang, was more severe than in other areas of the country. (state.gov)
Step into a world of ethnic minorities with brilliant ancient culture and unique customs. (thatsmags.com)
There are 49 ethnic minorities living in Guizhou. (chinahighlights.com)

Maps are another bitter topic in Xinjiang, since they are almost always published exclusively in Chinese, despite the region's bilingualism, and the name "East Turkestan" is a rallying point for Uighur nationalism. (scmp.com)
During the year the government continued its campaign of mass detention of members of Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang). (state.gov)

Below is a really great deconstruction, by the estimable Robbie Barnett, of the differences in Chinese policy towards Xinjiang versus Tibet. (joestudwell.com)
Although Chinese policies in Tibet are exceptionally restrictive and repressive, as far as is known they do not include the extreme abuses found in Xinjiang. (joestudwell.com)
The central premise of the Tibet-Xinjiang equivalence claim is that China's Tibet and Xinjiang programs are similar in terms of mass abuses. (joestudwell.com)
Proponents note correctly that mechanisms, terminology, aims, and underlying theories used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Tibet and Xinjiang are similar, and that the current Party Secretary of Xinjiang formerly served in Tibet. (joestudwell.com)
In fact, Chinese policies in Tibet and Xinjiang have often differed widely in implementation. (joestudwell.com)
Muslim writers in the sixteenth century called Baltistan as "Little Tibet", and Ladakh as "Greater Tibet", stressing their ethnic similarity. (medium.com)

Hailing from the Xinjiang autonomous region in northwest China, Nisha Ha grew up dancing. (ihouse-nyc.org)
Gilgit Baltistan is situated in the northernmost part of Pakistan, sharing borders with India-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast, the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang to the north and northeast, and Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor to the west. (jasminetours.com)

Armed with their trusty audio gear, the couple was set on getting married and recording various styles of regional ethnic music near the Chinese border with Kazakhstan. (forcedexposure.com)
Their marriage in Shi Tanding's home town of Ili would have to wait for another time (the marriage documents were delayed in processing deep within the Chinese bureaucracy) but the recordings, preserved here, display several magnificent and unique varieties of traditional Islamic folk music with traces of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish influences heard throughout. (forcedexposure.com)
Hoja worked for Chinese state media outlets, including Xinjiang Television and China Central Television. (wikipedia.org)
The Unique Sound of Gaohu: A Soprano Instrument in Traditional Chinese Music. (china-underground.com)
[2] In addition to these officially-recognized ethnic minority groups, there are Chinese nationals who privately classify themselves as members of unrecognized ethnic groups , such as the very small Chinese Jewish , Tuvan , and Ili Turk communities, as well as the much larger Oirat and Japanese communities. (wikipedia.org)
Thematic programmes presented included the Encore Series, the Music Rendezvous - City Hall Concert Hall Series, the Hong Kong City Hall Theatre Recital Series, the Guqin Music Series, the Chinese Ethnic Music and Dance Series and the Jazz Up Series . (gov.hk)
With a view to promoting contemporary music, the department sponsored the Chinese Composers' Festival, a joint venture with the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong Composers' Guild and the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong. (gov.hk)
Celebrating the Spring Lantern and Mid-Autumn Festivals, the department staged spectacular lantern displays at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza to promote traditional Chinese culture among tourists and local residents. (gov.hk)
The May Day holidays were distributed to traditional festivals including Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival in a bid to help carry forward Chinese history and culture and ease the burden of "Golden Weeks. (study-in-china.org)
Another important component of the Chinese music and dance Culture is the religious dance. (chinastyle.cn)
This was a general phenomenon in the development of traditional religions in various Chinese ethnic groups. (chinastyle.cn)
And it highlights how Islamophobia is at the heart of what the Chinese state is doing to Xinjiang. (joestudwell.com)
Partially became they are getting bored of working out in the gym everyday and partly out of the simple desire to try something completely different, young Chinese are experimenting with a new way to stay healthy: Doing traditional Chinese exercises such as Tai chi and Baduanjin after work. (zayindarek.com)
To celebrate the 60-year establishment of higher education courses for Chinese calligraphy, a forum was held recently in Shanghai to discuss the future of this traditional subject and the challenges teachers face. (zayindarek.com)
In his young adulthood, his studies with Chinese seal cutting master Mr. Liang Yanyu gave him a foothold in traditional Chinese seal art. (abilitymagazine.com)
But throughout school Nisha and a tight group of friends found themselves spending much of their free time practicing traditional and ethnic Chinese dances, sometimes performing for faculty and students and once winning a competition on local television. (ihouse-nyc.org)
The lusheng is a traditional Chinese reed instrument. (chinahighlights.com)
Different from traditional Chinese New Year, Miao New Year is often celebrated after the rice harvest, and usually lasts 5-15 days. (chinahighlights.com)

The "Night of China" show in London Fashion Week of 2020 unveiled a series of costumes of a Miao ethnic minority group from Danzhai, Guizhou. (abilitymagazine.com)
China Highlights has listed the following ethnic festivals worth attending while visiting Guizhou. (chinahighlights.com)

In November 2019, Hoja received the Magnitsky Human Rights Award for her reporting on the ongoing human rights crisis in Xinjiang and in 2020, Hoja received the Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation and was listed among The 500 Most Influential Muslims. (wikipedia.org)

The United States has already labelled China's actions in Xinjiang as 'genocide' and 'crimes against humanity. (rferl.org)

For a list of ethnic groups in China, see List of ethnic groups in China and Languages of China . (wikipedia.org)
The PRC officially recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups within China in addition to the Han majority. (wikipedia.org)
The audiovisual project, on view at OCAT: Xi'an, presents music by a network of local artists in Uzbekistan, Turkey, China, and Iran. (hyperallergic.com)
On the multi-arts front, the projects included independent concerts and music theatre productions by local artists, and mime and puppetry performances by Switzerland's Mummenschanz, Guangxi Puppet Art Troupe of China and Canada's Theatre de L'oeil. (gov.hk)
NPR's Anthony Kuhn, recently returned to China, introduces the Shaanxi folk music known as lao qiang (老腔), or "old tune": Traditionally, Lao Qiang musicians would accompany a puppeteer, who would tell stories. (chinadigitaltimes.net)
From China Rights Forum, via Song & Silence: In 1997 I arrived on China's southwest borders planning to spend a year researching ethnic minority folklore. (chinadigitaltimes.net)
Borders of Gilgit border to the west, Xinjiang (China) to the north, Ladakh to the southeast, and the Kashmir valley to the southwest. (medium.com)
The Datong Basin, centered on Pingcheng, has been the political, economic and cultural center of northern China for more than a hundred years, and people from Han, Xianbei and other ethnic groups and even people from Central Asian countries have jointly developed agriculture, animal husbandry, handicrafts and commerce in this region, and various cultures have collided and integrated and complemented each other. (tellerreport.com)
The music and the dance are very different from the other part[s] of China. (ihouse-nyc.org)
Travel with local operator Xinjiang China International Travel Service and, one day, when you go back home, you can tell your friends: I've been to Xinjiang. (thatsmags.com)
It is an epic spectacle that tells us much about China, a country discarding traditional ways as it hurtles towards modernity and global economic dominance. (kcts9.org)

Government documents, as published by international media, corroborated the coercive nature of the campaign and its impact on members of Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang and abroad. (state.gov)

We learn about their way of life and their traditional customs and beliefs - did you know that Tuvans, like other nomadic tribes in Mongolia, are afraid of water? (intrepidtravel.com)
Influenced by its geographic isolation and the presence of diverse ethnic groups, the culture of this region is a unique blend of ancient customs, religious diversity, and communal harmony. (jasminetours.com)

Baltis are a Tibetan ethnic group living in the region of Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan and the Kargil region of India. (medium.com)

NPR profiles singer Ilchi, a former punk rocker who has returned to his Inner Mongolian roots and traditional folk music: The otherworldly sound of throat singing echoes through a small Beijing cafe. (chinadigitaltimes.net)

Nathan Gibson , M.A. '12, Ph.D. Graduate student, and Ethnic American Music Curator (University of Wisconsin) released his latest recording project this May. (indiana.edu)

China's highly anticipated music festival is set to come back in Haikou, South China's Hainan Province in mid-March. (zayindarek.com)
Troupers perform dance drama "Daur People" to celebrate the annual Kumule Festival of the Daur ethnic group in Qiqihar City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, June 3, 2017. (xinhuanet.com)

A great number of Wu dances are passed down today, and many of them can be traced to the traditional dances of various ethnic groups. (chinastyle.cn)
Fig.1-21) The Shaman dance of the northern ethnic groups, the Bon religious dance of Tibetans, the Nuo dance and Tiaoshen dance of the Han people, and the Shigong dance of the Zhuang ethnic minority, etc., all develop from sorcery dances. (chinastyle.cn)
The tunes of local instruments like rubab, sitar, and daf accompany traditional dances, such as the famous "Attan. (jasminetours.com)

It is a traditional festival of the Miao people. (chinahighlights.com)
Dragon Canoe Festival is one of the four important traditional festivals of the Miao people. (chinahighlights.com)

Uighurs are the largest ethnic in southern region. (china-tours-online.com)
Filmmaker Christopher Rufo and producer Keith Ochwat talk about the tense ethnic relations in this unique region and what drew them to the story of how baseball brought together two typically segregated groups. (kcts9.org)
Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two wars in the last three decades over the region, which had been a majority ethnic Armenian enclave within the internationally recognized border of Azerbaijan since the Soviet collapse. (rferl.org)
The region initially came under the control of ethnic Armenian forces, backed by the Armenian military, in separatist fighting that ended in 1994. (rferl.org)

These ethnic people celebrate more than 1,000 ethnic festivals throughout the year. (chinahighlights.com)

Three days later on January 31, twenty-five members of Hoja's family were summoned to local police stations in Xinjiang and detained due to their connection with Hoja. (wikipedia.org)
Thematic programmes such as the Concert in the Park and the Asian Ethnic Cultural Programmes drew an enthusiastic response from local people and tourists as well as Asian nationals living in Hong Kong. (gov.hk)
For the early bird price of just RMB1,680, your room, daily buffet breakfast, hotel dinner, local specialty restaurant dinner and outdoor lawn barbecue on consecutive evenings are all included, and enjoy a lawn party with music every evening. (thatsmags.com)
You'll have some time in the afternoon to relax before heading out to a local restaurant for a traditional Xi'an dumpling dinner. (journeysinternational.com)

Although Balti's converted to Islam still they practicing same culture, language (trying to restore Tibetan script), norms, rituals performing on old or new balti music and dance, with slightly different living style (Islamic) while playing Polo, using Yaks for breeding still same plowing fields with Zou and drinking the milk of ZouMo along with old traditional Foods. (medium.com)

Along with the rest of the group on Intrepid's first-ever Uncharted Expedition, we've been invited into a traditional ger in Tsagaan Gol Valley, inside western Mongolia's Altai Tavan Bogd National Park , to experience a staple of the Mongolian culinary landscape. (intrepidtravel.com)

After the long term of multi-ethnic blend life, the locals have formed unique cultural and living habits with the characteristic of southern border. (china-tours-online.com)
by visiting them and talking with locals you will discover what the real Xinjiang looks like. (thatsmags.com)

There was also a series of dance performances from the Mainland including the Guangzhou Ballet, Song and Dance Ensemble of the People's Liberation Army, and Xinjiang Song and Dance Troupe, all of which were well received. (gov.hk)
Following the chariot team are usually performers of music, dance and acrobatics. (chinastyle.cn)
All lamps are lit through the night, with music and dance, and all other offerings to the Buddhas. (chinastyle.cn)
I learned a lot of traditional dance there," she says. (ihouse-nyc.org)
One of the cultural legacies of ancient kingdoms is the Rampak Bedug traditional dance, performed in the formal ceremonies and celebrations as well as the Batik motifs and design of fabrics. (transcend.org)
In the evening, there will be a dinner and concert from the restored Tang Dynasty featuring court music and dance. (journeysinternational.com)

She encourages an easy-going environment in class and often will play pop music to accompany the movements. (ihouse-nyc.org)

For Harry Shubach, the concept of candidate regions is different from traditional tourists. (computerbellross.com)

The unexplained blast outside the regional capital Stepanakert occurred on September 25 amid the increasingly chaotic exodus of people from the exclave, which was under the control of ethnic Armenians until last week. (rferl.org)
Prior to last week, Nagorno-Karabakh's population was estimated to be about 120,000 people, who are overwhelmingly ethnic Armenians. (rferl.org)

In November 2019, Hoja received the Magnitsky Human Rights Award for her reporting on the ongoing human rights crisis in Xinjiang. (wikipedia.org)

Descendents of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty of the 12th-13th centuries, they were ethnic Manchurians. (allempires.com)

[9] Residents of the Ommelanden lived in country houses or ethnic kampungs governed by a headman. (transcend.org)

On January 28, 2018, Hoja published an interview with Omurbek Eli, who was arrested and accused of "terrorist activities" while visiting his parents in Xinjiang. (wikipedia.org)
Large-scale traditional activities are held during the festival, including dragon boat races, canoe races, and post-race events. (chinahighlights.com)

Taking in two major scenic spots on the border, Detian Waterfall and Mingshi Pastoral, you will also have plenty of time to stroll through Hanoi Old Town, experiencing the culture up close while riding traditional Vietnamese tricycles. (thatsmags.com)

Elise Anderson , Ethnomusicology Ph.D. '19, was an invited participant on an AsiaNow roundtable titled, "The Future of Ethnic Autonomy in Xinjiang" at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies , held in Denver from March 21-24, 2019. (indiana.edu)

The Cultural Fabric of Huluhu: Ethnic Music and Traditional Art. (china-underground.com)
During the Cultural Revolution the cathedral was damaged and many of the traditional relics of the cathedral were destroyed. (china-tours-online.com)

Baku has pledged equal treatment for mainly ethnic Armenian residents, but the Yerevan has warned of possible "ethnic cleansing. (rferl.org)

This differs from what can be found in her hometown, where traditional dancing dominates parties and weddings. (ihouse-nyc.org)

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