Kuerban Tuohetashen
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Tajik, born in 1931 in Tashenkuergantajikezizhi (Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County), Xinjiang. Kuerban Tuohetashen inherited the Tajik eagle dance and the art of playing the eagle flute (yingdi) from his father. He has comprehensively mastered the eagle dance and other Tajik folk dances, and is recognized by the Tajik people as an outstanding folk song-and-dance artist. His eagle dance is graceful in movement; he performs it both as a soloist and in duet with other dancers, and can sing while dancing, preserving the ancient style of the eagle dance. He is also skilled at playing the eagle flute and the hand drum.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of the Tajik Eagle Dance, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He actively trains younger generations of Tajik eagle dance performers and currently has more than ten apprentices studying the dance.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Tajik Eagle Dance Ⅲ-41
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