PHOTOGRAPHER:¬� Fritz Hoffmann
ASSIGNMENT: China Portfolio MM7489
LOCATION: Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
DATE: October 12, 2007
Ramadan

Near the famous Sunday Market in Kashgar, Xinjiang province, young Uighur ethnic minority Muslim men shoot a game of pool to begin festivities traditionally held at the end of Ramadan. Meanwhile an elder man occupies a corner of the market to end his Ramadan in afternoon prayer.