Meshrep
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A meshrep (Uyghur: مەشرەپ) is a traditional Uyghur and Central Asian social group, connected to the celebration of the autumn harvest festival.[1] Traditionally formed of men, these groups traditionally formed part of the informal governance structure of Uyghur communities, and still serve this function outside of China.[2]
The banning of the traditional meshrep by Chinese authorities in 1997, which had only been allowed since 1994, was one of the main causes of the Ghulja Incident.[3]
Uyghur migrants to Kazakhstan began reviving the meshrep as early as the 1970s.[2]
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- Roberts, Sean R. (2007), "'The Dawn of the East': A Portrait of a Uyghur Community Between China and Kazakhstan", in Bellér-Hann, Ildikó (ed.), Situating the Uyghurs between China and Central Asia, Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 9780754670414
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