Paizila Yisakejiang
Lineage & School of Heritage
From childhood he followed his father, Yisakejiang Abudula, in learning Uzbek folk songs and the playing technique of the dutar, and he once studied in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Xinjiang University.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
After many years of study he is able to sing in full a number of yelai folk songs, the traditional Central Asian ashula, and ashula songs by local poets, and he plays the dutar, rawap, and aijiek with skill; he has collected, collated, and translated many Uzbek folk songs and more than a hundred pages of folk proverbs and other materials, has co-compiled and published The Poetry Collection of Forkati, and has published related research findings. Over the long term he has performed at various mass events such as the Nowruz festival, weddings, and family gatherings, and he has taken part in national artistic activities on many occasions.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Uzbek, born in May 1955, died in November 2017, a native of Shache County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. National representative bearer of Uzbek Eshilai and Yelai, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Uzbek Aixilaiyelai Ⅱ-117
- Uzbek Aixilaiyelai Ⅱ-117
- Uzbek Aixilaiyelai Ⅱ-117
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