It felt strange to celebrate China's National Day (the day the Communist Party established the People's Republic of China in 1949) in Kashgar. It feels so entirely non-Chinese! We had just gone to the livestock market the day before, and while there were more people than I ever imagined, there were far fewer here at the National Day celebration.
I was happy we happened to be in the center of town for it, though, since there was a dance performance, and I absolutely love Uyghur dancing. It was a fast dance, which is different than I'd seen before, but it was still really fun.
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| The girls got to run and play on the plaza. They don't have a lot of opportunity for that in China. |
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| Naomi liked checking out the fountain. |
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| I had some fun taking pictures-- and there's a video at the bottom of this post, too. |
Or if that doesn't work, this is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZtFC7vyiu4&feature=plcp
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