GT on the spot: Joyful singing and dancing in Xinjiang region
By Xu Keyue/GT, Published: 2023/12/17 17:03:52
Local performers in Hotan, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region perform dancing for visitors at the ancient Yotkan Town on December 15, 2023. Photo: Xu Keyue/GT
Editor's Note:
The landscape here is beyond comparison – Residents in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region sing and dance to welcome visitors from afar. (Photos: Xu Keyue/GT)
Local performers in Hotan, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region perform dancing for visitors at the ancient Yotkan Town on December 15, 2023. Photo: Xu Keyue/GT 
Local performers in Hotan, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region perform dancing for visitors at the ancient Yotkan Town on December 15, 2023. Photo: Xu Keyue/GT 
Local performers in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region dance and sing on December 11, 2023. Photo: Xu Keyue/GT 
Local performers in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region dance and sing on December 11, 2023. Photo: Xu Keyue/GT 
Local performers in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region dance and sing on December 11, 2023. Photo: Xu Keyue/GT 
Yumtal Yetku (center), one of the inheritors of the epic poem and song of Manas, sings Manas at a local cultural center in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on December 13, 2023. Photo: Xu Keyue/GT 
A Uygur woman, 23, who is a volunteer at a local nursing home in Kashi Prefecture, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, leads aerobics for elderly people at a nursing home on December 11, 2023. Photo: Xu Keyue/GT