Uyghur culture

Ethnic Auckland: Spicy lamb feet a delicacy that melts in mouth

Cu, 01/10/2014 - 12:20 -- Anonymous (doğrulanmamış)
Silk Road Uyghur Cuisine chef Rizaydn Reyim with his dish, spicy lamb feet. Photo / Brett Phibbs

Mr Reyim, 31, is a Uyghur (pronounced "weega" or "weecour"). He hails from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, and he is eager to share his food with those in his adopted homeland. "Not many Kiwis will ever get a chance to travel to Xinjiang, so by starting a restaurant serving Uyghur food I think it will be the only way they will get a chance to experience our food," Mr Reyim said.

Chinese tightrope walkers' balancing act between Xinjiang and Beijing

Pt, 01/06/2014 - 12:47 -- Anonymous (doğrulanmamış)
Like all dawaz performers, the Prince does not use safety equipment. Photograph: Jonathan Kaiman for the Guardian
From the top of the Prince of the Sky's high tower, the pavement below is a vertigo-inducing abstraction, a coarse grey expanse dotted with people-like specks. But the Prince, one of the best tightrope walkers in the world, doesn't think about the pavement. He looks towards his destination – another high tower on a distant hillside – and contemplates the thin steel cable strung across the expanse.
 
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