Eight programmes exploring the traditional music of the great trade route that linked China to the West in the Middle Ages. 5: Uzbeks, Tajiks and Afghans. In the leafy suburbs of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan,
Turgun Alimatov 's re-creation of the sato, the traditional Uzbek bowed lute, and the Uigur songs of Abdelaziz Hashimov. Then, across the border to a private music party in the ancient city of Khojend in northern Tajikstan. And, further south, John Baily introduces religious and wedding songs and dances from Afghanistan. Repeat