Music of Turkmenistan
| Central Asian music |
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| China (Xinjiang) |
| Kazakhstan |
| Kyrgyzstan |
| Mongolia |
| Tajikistan |
| Turkmenistan |
| Uzbekistan |
Turkmen music is nomadic and rural, and is closely related to Kyrgyz and Kazakh folk forms. Travelling singers and shamans called bakshy, who act as healers and magicians and sing either a cappella or with a sort of lute called dutar.