Yurt facts for kids
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
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.
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Mongolian Ger: starting with walls and door
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Mongolian Ger: starting to place roof poles
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Mongolian Ger: with roof poles in place
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Mongolian Ger: placing the thin inner cover on the roof
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Mongolian Ger: adding felt cover
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Mongolian Ger: adding the outer cover
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A ger sits on the Steppes near Mandalgovi
Images for kids
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Turkmen woman at the entrance to a yurt in Turkestan; 1913 picture by Prokudin-Gorskii
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Yurts in eastern Afghanistan
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Ak Öýi (White Building), "The World's Largest Yurt", is located 10 km west of Mary, Turkmenistan, dedicated on 27 November 2015.
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An American yurt with a deck. Permanently located in Kelleys Island State Park
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A yurt in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, used as a café
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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
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A yurt-derived structure in the Colorado mountains, USA
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Shangyrak
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See also
In Spanish: Yurta para niños
