[Palm Springs North Elementary, Miami, Florida]
[Teaching Art and Culture Through Asian Studies]
The Silk Road
Urumqi Night Market Uigher barbeque of lamb and goat and chicken claws.How is this barbeque alike/different than a BBQ at home? Where do you see a sence of pride in the presentation?
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Urumqi Uigher Handmade Rugs How have current times impacted the ancient art forms? Do you appreciate the ancient rug patterns or do you prefer the new models? The uigher rug on the left took about three months to make.
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Interior of a wealthy family's mud and brick home in ancient city with over 2,000 years of continuous habitation. Homes are not pur-chased, must be inherited from a family member. What multi-cultural artifacts do you see displayed? |
Kasghar Uigher rug factory Seven women work together 3-7 months weaving a room size carpet. They work 7 days a week from sun up to sun down. |
Kasghar Uigher musicans circle the town for hours before a wealthy bride's wedding playing music for all.They bang on the truck and sing.
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Urumqi "Erodescu Market" dating from Song Dynasty. The women are wearing brown cotton burscas, lightweight and provide modesty. The long dark dresses cover western clothing and jewelry. |
Urumqi rug dealing family Do you think the women can see? Behind the rugs are rooms filled with many different styles. |
Uigher vendor serving shiskabob cooked over coal fire. How would this method of cooking impact health and the economy? |
Kashgar Sunday Bazzar What items look like they were carried over the border and traded on the Silk Road? Do you see items still being traded with India? |
Contemporary rug design of Mecca Why would Mecca be of interest? How does this solidify the importance of the silk road? |
Trucks, bicycle, and donket carts at the Kashgar Sunday Bazzar.Which mode of transportation is the most prevelent? |
Empty donkey cart that might carry six people in front of vendor. What energy source do you think the vendor is using to cook with? |
The Kashgar Sunday Animal Market, starts before dawn and continues until all animals are bartered away. Cows, pigs, yaks, camels, donkeys, chickens, goats, and ducks are sold. |
Uigher extended family wearing an assortment of clothes attended a Silk Road wedding in a mud walled, thatched roof home. They were thrilled to have their photos taken.What a mix of ethnic faces. |
The inside of the mud house was cool in temperature. Notice the rug weavings layered on packed-mud kan. Some wo-men covered their head, others didn't. |
Notice behind the muscians in the back of the truck, the new, modern decorated wedding car.One of the men in the back of the truck is videotaping the flower decorated car and couple.
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The Tajik family's home, camels, and warm hat at 4,000 meters elevation. Pamir Mts. in background never melt. What have the Tajiks done to protect their camels? Why are they temporarily located next to Lake Karokol's clear water?
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Tajik women inside a yurt along the Silk Road. The mother on the left effortlessly spinning camel hair. The two daughters sold the rugs and camel carpets, another sister sold jewelry. Hearty, nomadic, matrilineal society depending on yaks and camels for their subsistance. Has the Silk Road impacted their lives? How? |
