Hotan / 和田 / خوتەن: Homage to Hotan: Photo Video

Hotan / 和田 /خوتەن

Hotan: These photos were taken in August 2002 in Hotan, Xinjiang, China. They are from the massive weekly Sunday market, one of the biggest in central Asia. Much of what you see here probably doesn’t exist anymore.

Hotan has changed. The clothes people wear and the artisan trades are fast disappearing. Above all, Hotan is no longer so remote. What was once a hard 600 kilometer bus ride through the desert is now an easy train ride from Kashgar.

The Music on the video is from a Uyghur group called Qetic. The song is called Tarim.