Born in Shor-Tyube, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, in 1951, Dungan ethnographer and creative writer Ali Dzhon is widely regarded as the pre-eminent writer on the material and spiritual culture… Continue reading Book presentation: “Mystical Forest: Collected Poems and Short Stories of Dungan Ethnographer Ali Dzhon”
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The Language and Writing of the Dungans
Online lecture with Professor Zhang Zhengsheng November 3, 2023 @ 4:00 – 5:00 PM (EDT) The Dungan people, descendants of Chinese Hui Muslims who migrated to Central Asia over a… Continue reading The Language and Writing of the Dungans
Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia
Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia First migrating from northwest China to Russian Central Asia after the suppression of the Dungan Revolt… Continue reading Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia
