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An elderly Uygur man walks a wooded lane near Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China. His hat identifies him as a Muslim and perhaps because of that the Uygur people are widely oppressed in China - almost to the extent of the Tibetans.

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© Gordon Wiltsie
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3564x5269 / 5.7MB
www.alpenimage.com
Keywords
Uyghur, islam, man, portrait, portraits, sixties, skull cap
Contained in galleries
Xinjiang Expedition - 2001, Uyghur, CX
An elderly Uygur man walks a wooded lane near Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.  His hat identifies him as a Muslim and perhaps because of that the Uygur people are widely oppressed in China - almost to the extent of the Tibetans.