Syn7,

Touche.

In any case, I just meant to contrast with the idea of ranks/belts.
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Faruq,

Jokes aside, no Turks in Xi'an. The language is Turkic but geographically it's pretty far from Turkey. Also, while there is a pretty sizable Ouigher population in Xi'an, the moslem population here is mostly Hui, not Ouigher or other Jinjiang based minorities. There are a lot of Ouighers in the southern part of town but the Moslem Quarter is primarily Hui.

As to MA, Xinyi, Xingyi and Tongbei are all very popular arts among the Hui in Xi'an.