Xinjiang, My home: an inheritor of folk musical instrument

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Xinjiang, My home: an inheritor of folk musical instrument

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: an inheritor of folk musical instrument DATELINE: March 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ablet Abdushukur singing with his family 2. SOUNDBITE (Uyghur): ABLET ABDUSHUKUR, Inheritor of folk musical instrument 3. various of the whole family playing a folk musical instrument, singing and dancing STORYLINE: Ablet Abdushukur runs a folk musical instrument store at the Grand Bazaar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He wishes for passing down the traditional folk songs and dances to the next generation. SOUNDBITE (Uygur): ABLET ABDUSHUKUR "I came to Urumqi about 10 years ago. Now, I have settled down in this city and have been running a folk musical instrument store at the Grand Bazaar. And I got married. Then our first daughter was born. She is 16 years old now. She is majoring in music at Xinjiang Arts University. We then had our second daughter. I hoped she could be my elder daughter's companion. And my se

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