Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival

Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival
Also calledUyghur Doppa Day, Doppa Day
Observed byUyghurs worldwide
Date5 May
Next time5 May 2026 (2026-05-05)
FrequencyAnnual
First time5 May 2009 (2009-05-05)
Started byTahir Imin
Uyghur name
Uyghurئۇيغۇر دوپپا مەدەنىيەت بايرىمى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiUyghur doppa medeniyet bayrimi
Siril YëziqiУйғур доппа мәдәнийәт байрими
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese维吾尔花帽文化节
Traditional Chinese維吾爾花帽文化節
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWéiwú'ěr huāmào wénhuà jié
Doppa Day
Simplified Chinese花帽节 / 朵帕节
Traditional Chinese花帽節 / 朵帕節
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinhuāmào jié / duǒpà jié

The Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival, observed annually on 5 May, celebrates the culture and history of the Uyghurs, a Turkic people originating from Xinjiang, China (historically known as East Turkestan). It is also known as Uyghur Doppa Day or just Doppa Day.

The festival was created by Uyghur activist Tahir Imin in 2009 and celebrated for the first time that year, in Imin's home city of Ürümqi. Celebrations were broadcast nationally by Chinese state television and shared by Uyghur groups abroad, popularizing it among Uyghurs in China and the Uyghur diaspora. However, since the start of the Chinese authorities' crackdown on Uyghur cultural activities in 2014, the festival is no longer observed in China.