Artists are performing the Muqam at the Muqam Heritage Center in Shache county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. "The Muqam scores are intricate, posing great challenges for self-taught folk artists," he said, adding that the center became a big school and stage, filled daily with songs and dances. To ensure a sustainable lineage, the county has intensified efforts to …
Artists are performing the Muqam at the Muqam Heritage Center in Shache county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The Uygur Muqam art, an ancient synthesis of song, dance and instrumentation, has experienced a new vigor in its birthplace of Shache county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. To safeguard this cultural legacy, Shache established the Muqam Heritage Center in …