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Keening
According to the tradition,when people is dead, the relative 
will separate their herds ,parting the pups from their 
momsmhen the herds will also be howling.And the relatives 
will also separate into two lines , each with a mourning stick 
which is about one meter long. In the team ,there must be 
someone one who is very good at crying,as they see the 
mourners coming, they must cry out very loudly.There are 
some professional mourner who is eloquent and good at 
crying, also famIliar to all deatils of a burial ceremony.

Bazaar
Xinjiang Locates in the center part of the silk road which is a 
meeting point of Oriental and Western culture.the people here 
especially Uyghur people has a long history to be engaged in 
trading business.Bazaar which located all over Xinjiang,is the 
exact place for trading business.Bazaar in Uyghur language 
means market,in South Xinjiang ,almost in every town can 
you find a bazaar.
Normally,there are some daily commodities sold in the shops 
at the bazaar place.But on Bazaar day (normally, it is held on 
Sunday or Friday,the date of the bazaar day among the 
adjacent bazaars,the dates is different),the people who live 
arround will flock in this area.They will sell their herds, or 
their home made handicrafts, or agricultural product,like 
fruit,eggs,etc.It will be cery crowded and prosperous.It is an 
ideal place for you to experience the local people's life and 
local culture.

Goat Tussling
On the spacious west grassland,there lives 
Tajik,Kazak,Kirgiz and other nomads.Since they are living on 
the grassland , the weather is always unpredictable, thus they 
ahve to learn how to protect their herds from the changing 
weather and wild animals.Sometimes they have to pull the 
astrayed herd on horseback in order to avoid the attack form 
the wild lives.Thus the goat tussling came into being
Generally,it is held in Autumn,by that time , it is the golden 
harvest time of the year,sheep are fat and horses are 
strong.People would gather to celebrate the annual 
harvest.Before the Goat tussling starts,people will slaughter 
one goat,cut off the head and remove the intestines,then dip 
the goat into water for a while ,to make the skin more 
endurable and stronger.
    When the goat tussling is started, the players will be 
divided into two parties, generally 10-100 people for each 
party,each on their own horse, when the master says :action, 
all the player will rush for the goat which is put on the 
ground.The winner will be the one who take the goat to the 
front of his yurt. It is difficult to do this ,just like the 
American football,when the one with goat is rushing for his 
yurt, the others will try to stop him and grab the goat.The 
winner will boil the trophy, and invite all people from the 
village to enjoy the meat.

Colloqual Affidavit
   When a Uyghur man is dead,before people bury him ,a 
colloqual affidavit is made for him.In Khotan and Kashgar 
area,as soon as the dead man is buried,the son or his closest 
relative will ask the leading Imam :what kind of a man is my 
dead father,"The Imam will recite some part of the Koran and 
say that he was a good Muslim,and the crowd will say that he 
is a kind man ,it will be in a rather democratic 
atomasphere.And the dead man's relative or son will also ask 
whether he is in someone's debt.The purpose of this is just to 
let the dead people 's soul at peace.

Music from the Kunlun
According to the historic record,a long long time ago,the 
Emperor Huangdi ordered his minister Linglun to make 
music.Thus Linglun came to the foot of the Kunlun ,cut 
down 12 bambooes from one valley,he made 12 tubes out of 
it.
The tube is made ,he blew it , it could make sounds ,but it 
was not harmonious.Then there came a phoenix,it churped 6 
times with very buautiful sound.Then he made 12 tubes 
according to the tunes of the phoenix.
When he went back to central land, he made 12 
Bianzhong(bells) according to the pitch of the tubes.Since 
then ,people had criterion of music.and yellow bamboo also 
became the pronoun for music.

Wedding
All xinjiang Ethnic groups have their own wedding 
customs.Uyghur people have very big and humorous 
wedding ceremony.One dau before the wedding,the bride and 
bridegroom will separately celebrate at their own house.On 
this day,the bridegroom will send dowries to the brides 
house.Generally,it is a live sheep,cooking 
oil,rice ,tea,candyand etc.
On the wedding day,the bridegroom will dress in his 
best,accompanied by his friends and relatives,go to the 
bride's house.On the way ,bridegroom's companions will play 
Suona,drumms. After enter the house of the bride,they will 
have special ceremony.
Generally,the master of the ceremony will be a reputable 
Imam or senior citizen.People will stand aside,the bride and 
bridegroom will be in the middle,the MC will ask them 
whether they are willing to marry each other,when positive 
answer is made,the MC will dip a piece of nang (flat 
bread)into salt water and offer it to the new couple,who shall 
eat it in front of the relatives.Then ,some relatives from the 
brides family will start to sing songs to the bride ,showing 
that she is not willing to leave home and her parents,and also 
sing a song to the new husband,hope that he can be a good 
husband.After the bride bid farewell to her parents,she will 
cover her face with veils.Escorted by her relative ,they will 
come to the bridegroom's family .
After get to the bridegroom's family will have the 
ceremony of unveIling.Relative will circle arround the 
bride,singing the joyful songs.The bride and bridegroom will 
unveil the bride .Then all guests are to applaud for the beauty 
of the bride.
After this ,the host will serve a large banquet ,and people will 
dance and sing songs .

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