Place: outdoor snooker in China, Turpan, China

Outdoor snooker in China

Outdoor snooker in China

Turpan lays in the province Xinjiang, the biggest province of China. Fifty procent of the population is Uyghur, a Muslim society with people who seem to have a mix of Turkish, Chinese and Russian blood in them.

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Turpan lays in the province Xinjiang, the biggest province of China. Fifty procent of the population is Uyghur, a Muslim society with people who seem to have a mix of Turkish, Chinese and Russian blood in them.

The Uygher frequent a game of snooker. This by itself is not very special. The thing that does make it special is the fact that they seem to play the game outside all the time. Even if it's freezing cold.

Postcards about outdoor snooker in China

  • Gijs Bekenkamp

    26 February 2008
    From:
    Gijs Bekenkamp

    In search for thermo underwear I went this morning to the local market of Turpan, China.

    Instead of finding the goods I wanted I bumped into this bizarre scene.

    While it was freezing cold outside, lot's of people gathered together in order to play a game of snooker. They didn't do this inside with preheated tables but outside on the street.

(No street address given)
Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, CN

Discovered by Gijs Bekenkamp
on 26 February 2008.
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