Kashgar Song and Dance Troupe: Uyghur Dance - Mountain Meshrep "山地麦西莱普“

The Uyghurs are a ethnic group that are from Xinjiang in western China, which is a province that borders numerous countries of Central Asia.
Meshrep is a traditional Uyghur art form that features dance. It is an tradition that has been recognized by UNESCO as an "intangible cultural heritage" to be supported (www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world...)
This is a concert dance version of Mountain Meshrep performed by the Kashgar Song and Dance Troupe on 8/11/2015 for a group of dance teachers from all over China, who had gone on a 20 day trip to Xinjiang to learn the dance forms of the different ethnic minorities there.