Uyghur music

thumb|right|A traditional Kyrgyz Epic of Manas|manaschi performing part of the epic poem (dastan) at a yurt camp in [[Karakol]] Dastan () is an ornate form of oral history, an epic, from Central Asia, Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

Anthem of the First Turkestan republic

A Muqam (; ) is the melody type used in the music of the Uyghurs, that is, a musical mode and set of melodic formulas used to guide improvisation and composition.