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A yurt, also known as ger in Mongolian is a portable, round tent. It is covered with skins or felt. A yurt is commonly used as a dwelling by nomads in the grasslands of Central Asia.

Construction

Gurvger
A Mongolian Ger

Traditional yurts consist of an expanding wooden circular frame carrying a felt cover. The felt is made from the wool of sheep. The wood to make the external structure is not to be found on the treeless steppes.

A yurt is designed to be dismantled and the parts carried compactly on camels or yaks to be rebuilt on another site. Complete construction takes around 2 hours.

  • Montage d'une yourte murs

    Mongolian Ger: starting with walls and door

  • Yurt-construction-1

    Mongolian Ger: starting to place roof poles

  • Yurt-construction-2

    Mongolian Ger: with roof poles in place

  • Yurt-construction-3

    Mongolian Ger: placing the thin inner cover on the roof

  • Yurt-construction-4

    Mongolian Ger: adding felt cover

  • Yurt-construction-5

    Mongolian Ger: adding the outer cover

  • Mongolian Ger

    A ger sits on the Steppes near Mandalgovi

Images for kids

  • Gorskii 04412u

    Turkmen woman at the entrance to a yurt in Turkestan; 1913 picture by Prokudin-Gorskii

  • CH-NB - Afghanistan, Shibar Pass (Shebar Pass, Kowtal-e Shebar)- Landschaft - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-20-205

    Yurts in eastern Afghanistan

  • 151127-worlds-largest-yurt-Mary-Turkmenistan

    Ak Öýi (White Building), "The World's Largest Yurt", is located 10 km west of Mary, Turkmenistan, dedicated on 27 November 2015.

  • Kelleys Island State Park Yurt

    An American yurt with a deck. Permanently located in Kelleys Island State Park

  • Kazakhyurt

    A yurt in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, used as a café

  • Yurt hearth 1

    Buddhist symbol dharmachakra is represented by the khorlo (Tib: འཀོར་ལོ།) toono. Other Buddhist symbols--khadag (Tib: ཁ་བཏགས་) hangs from the toono and dpaljibeu (Tib: དཔལ་གྱི་བེའུ) is present on the stove

  • FinishedYurt

    A yurt-derived structure in the Colorado mountains, USA

  • The wooden yurt under construction in Zakamensky district of Buryatia, Russia

    The wooden yurt under construction in Zakamensky District of Buryatia, Russia

  • Shangrak

    Shangyrak

See also

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