Ahemaitijiang Yusufu
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Uygur ethnicity, born in May 1973 in Yining City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Over many years he has mastered more than a thousand passages of the Uygur qiaqiaqiaqi, or joke; he has rich experience of improvised performance and is recognised as an outstanding qiaqiaqiaqi, a joke reciter, in the line of his teacher's teacher, Heisamuding Ku'erwan. Each year he is invited to perform and demonstrate his art on more than two hundred occasions, at traditional festivals, at cultural activities such as the meshrep, and at weddings, gatherings and other popular events, and is warmly received by people of every ethnicity. His language is rich and vivid, witty and humorous; he satirises negative phenomena in society with profound meaning, leaving his audiences enlightened amid their laughter.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Qiakeqiake, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Two disciples he has trained already enjoy a modest local reputation.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Qiakeqiake Ⅰ-123
Profile
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