Central Asian arts

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Introduction
Literature
- Turkish literature
- Tibetan literature
- Mongolian literature
Music
- Afghanistan and the sedentary population of Turkistan
  - Folk music
  - Classical music
- Turkic nomads, Mongols, and Siberian peoples
  - Social role of music
  - Instrumental and vocal styles
- The Himalayan peoples
  - Tibetan music
  - The music of Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim
- The study of Central Asian music
Performing arts: dance and theatre
- Shamanic ritual
- Buddhist ritual
  - Buddhist monastic dance
  - Buddhist morality plays
- Folk dance
Visual arts
- Prehistoric cultures
  - Paleolithic cultures
  - Neolithic and Metal Age cultures
- Nomadic cultures
  - Altaic tribes
  - Siberian tribes
  - Mongolian Huns
  - Tashtyk tribe
- Parthia
- The kingdoms of western Turkistan and Afghanistan
  - Sogdiana
  - Fergana and Chorasmia
  - Bactria
- Kushān
- Eastern Turkistan
  - Oğuz tribes
  - Uighurs
  - Khitans
  - Samanids
  - Ghaznavids and Ghūrids
  - Seljuqs
  - Mongols
  - Emirate of Bukhara
  - Russian–Soviet period
- Arctic regions
- Himalayan cultures of Nepal and Tibet
  - Nepal
    - Architecture
    - Sculpture and painting
  - Tibet
    - Decorative arts
    - Sculpture
    - Painting: frescoes and temple banners
    - Decorative architectural motifs

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Central Asian arts, literary, performing, and visual arts of a large portion of Asia embracing the Turkic republics (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan), Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and parts of Russia and China. As used here, the term denotes only those traditions that were not influenced by the religion of Islam. This immense tract of land—with its highly varied topography and climate and its diversity of ethnic and linguistic backgrounds—encouraged the development of greatly varied artistic styles and traditions among the inhabitants of widely separated regions. These differences were magnified by the emergence of dissimilar religions, which ...(100 of 19320 words)

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