Actors ham it up for the audience, May 14, 2017. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/Asianewsphoto]

Founded less than one year ago, Kazakh band DALA, based in Xinjiang Changji Hui autonomous prefecture, has been invited to perform in China, Thailand and other places.

Ruheya, one of the band members who graduated from the Central University for Nationalities, says they use 11 national musical instruments to perform. Many musical instruments are popular among professional musicians and ordinary people as they are rarely used and make a unique sound.