The Uyghurs are a Muslim ethnic minority of Turkic origin living in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China. For decades, human rights violations by the Chinese government have been reported towards this ethnic minority that maintains its own language, customs, culture and gastronomy. In recent years, there have been more reports of Uyghurs being arrested and forcibly sent to detention centers that are more like “re-education camps” to distance them from their traditions and religious practices. The Uyghurs in the world have begun to raise their voices about the violations of their rights in China, which is why many have chosen to open restaurants to, on one hand, keep their culinary traditions alive and, on the other, introduce their culture to the world through their food and use that platform to draw attention to the suffering of their people.

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Título: Preservando una cultura (extracto)

Descripción:
Los uigures son una minoría étnica musulmana de origen turco que habitan en la Región Autónoma Uigur de Sinkiang, en el noroeste de China. Desde hace décadas se han reportado violaciones a los derechos humanos por parte del gobierno chino hacia esta minoría étnica que mantiene su propio idioma, costumbres, cultura y gastronomía. En los últimos años han aparecido más informes sobre el arresto y envío forzoso de uigures a centros de detención que son más bien “campos de reeducación” para alejarlos de sus tradiciones y prácticas religiosas. Los uigures en el mundo han comenzado a alzar la voz sobre las violaciones de sus derechos en China, por lo que muchos han optado por abrir restaurantes para, por una parte, mantener viva su tradición gastronómica y, por otra, dar a conocer al mundo su cultura a través de la gastronomía y utilizar esa plataforma para llamar la atención sobre el sufrimiento de su pueblo.

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