Uyghur culture

cuisine of the Uyghur people

A meshrep (Uyghur: wikt:مەشرەپ|, ; , lit. "harvest festival") is a traditional male Uyghur gathering that typically includes "poetry, music, dance, and conversation within a structural context". Meshreps typically include music of the muqam variety and ad-hoc tribunals on moral questions. Meshrep are usually held in mosques, public gathering sites, the courtyard of one of the members' family home.

wild silk fibre from the cocoons of the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)