Xinjiangs Most Popular Song [Video]: Oynasun

If youve spent any amount of time in Xinjiang, chances are youve heard this song more times than you can count. It is, in my opinion, the most popular song in Xinjiang.

How popular, you ask? Its so well known that even Han Chinese most of whom cant speak the Uyghur language can sing along and know the meaning of the words. I find myself humming the tune every once in a while for no reason as well.

Check out the video yourself and see if you recognize it:

Oddly, the three women in this video arent from Xinjiang. They are Uyghur from Uzbekistan and they represent the finest of what is Uyghur pop. The trio, named Shahrizoda (), have quite a few other well-known songs, but this is by far the most common.

Sowhat do you think?