In an Indian festival landscape that is increasingly choosing to cater to fans of a particular genre, be it Hindustani or Carnatic classical, jazz or rock, folk or blues, Sufi or electronic dance ...

The members of the “Salam” music group, dressed in traditional Afghan attire and playing indigenous instruments, rubab, tabla, dutar, and harmonium, along with a vocalist, performed local and folk ...

From the desert winds of Karakalpakstan to the courtyards of Andijan, Uzbekistan’s music and dance heritage remains a living language of culture and memory. From the whispers of ancient melodies to ...

The Turkmen people of Iran, primarily settled in the northeastern provinces such as Golestan, North Khorasan, and parts of Khorasan Razavi, are one of the country’s vibrant ethnic groups, Mehr News ...

The Turkmen people of Iran, primarily settled in the northeastern provinces such as Golestan, North Khorasan, and parts of Razavi Khorasan, are one of the country’s vibrant ethnic groups. Iranian ...

Twenty-something years ago, I took my first trip to the Xinjiang region of China. One day, I wandered up a dry gorge in the Flaming Mountains outside the city of Turpan to visit caves carved into a ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling ...

TAIPEI--Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uighurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ...

A new report finds that the Chinese government has been systematically changing village names with cultural or religious significance to the Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang autonomous region to Chinese ...

Report finds that religious, historical and cultural references have been removed in crackdown by Beijing Hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns have been renamed by Chinese authorities to remove ...