Uighur people Photo Gallery by edwin at pbase.com

Uighur people

The Uyghur are Turkic people of Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Most of the portraits in this gallery are taken in the Sunday animal market of Khasgar, China. That market was ranked in Food & Wine Magazine Great Market list along with KaDeWe (Berlin), Chandni Chowk (Old Delhi) ...

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woman at Khasgar airport	waiting	boys clowning outside hotel	boy preparing kabab
such haunting look	hardly a smile		entrance
cool drinks	buyers, sellers and animals		getting it ready for checkup
bargaining	cook
crowd in sunday animal marekt	barber
			a test ride
		cool alcove	vegetable seller
preparing noodle	nice move	cook	seller
well dressed boy	sellers		nan seller, khasgar animal market
horse trader, khasgar animal market	a rude awakening	buyer, khasgar animal market
man under the hot sun	Teen and smoke	melon seller in Khasgar bazaar	sisters
merchant	boy	well dressed boy	boy in sunday animal market
	street scene
man at road side cafe	john's younger self ?!	man at road side cafe	customers
scarf seller	scarf seller	melon seller in Khasgar bazaar
sister and brother		carpet merchant daughter	beautiful smile
boy in front of ID Kah Mosque		boy in front of ID Kah Mosque, Khasgar
man at entrance of ID Kah mosque	boy	girl in front of mosque
teen	woman on road side market	shopper	boy & his camel
girl selling bracelets	restaurant owner kid	mother and daugther	want a ride?
family on bike	beautiful girl	waitress	grape seller
grape seller sister	helper in winery, urumqi

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Guest		22-Feb-2009 12:23
Excellent series of pictures of the real people… full of emotion... Bravo! V

Ken McColl		23-Sep-2007 22:41
Wandering through this gallery is like taking a journey to this exotic land. Thanks for sharing. KMc

arjibarji		20-Sep-2007 20:15
A fascinating look at a day in the life of a people. Thanks for sharing.

Guest		20-Sep-2007 09:41
wow. awesome gallery. and nice lens too!

XiaoBernard99		19-Sep-2007 18:07
I vote for your Gallery EDWIN .All regards are very human ,and a lot Smiling .This Turkish People is beautifull and your eyes also

Guest		15-Sep-2007 19:39
What a beautiful and thoughtful gallery. I have a couple of friends who spent a lot of time in Urumchi and their stories of thier travels there were amazing.

Guest		15-Sep-2007 19:24
beautiful gallery, with stunning portraits.

Guest		12-Sep-2007 22:04
Really enjoyed this gallery. Thank you for taking me to a new place! I had to google Uigher to learn more.

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