Xinjiang, My home: An inheritor of ethnic Kirgiz embroidery

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: An inheritor of ethnic Kirgiz embroidery DATELINE: June 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jumehan Ajahun's embroidery shop 2. SOUNDBITE (local language): JUMEHAN AJAHUN, Inheritor of Kirgiz embroidery STORYLINE: Jumehan Ajahun is an inheritor of the traditional ethnic Kirgiz embroidery. She runs an embroidery shop in Akqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. She wishes to promote the intangible heritage to the outside world. SOUNDBITE (local language): JUMEHAN AJAHUN, Inheritor of Kirgiz embroidery "My name is Jumehan Ajahun. I'm a resident of the Fourth Village Group of Wuqu Village, Akqi County. I run the Mengkeyali ethnic handmade embroidery shop in Akqi. My employees are all from nearby villages. They are ingenious. We work hard together. These are the wedding dresses for brides from the Kirgiz ethnic group. They are precious ethnic costumes. The patterns on this cloth are handmade with stitches.