Mongolia - My first Mongolian Restaurant - Traditional Mongolian Ger (Yurt)
This ger was the first place we have stopped for lunch on our trip. You can notice the board sign on above the entrance in the very right corner. I wanted to take a photo from the front to show you hand painted coca cola sign, but then those beautiful clouds would not come up right. Mongolia is amazing country of vast steps and nothing around.
These structures are commonly called the ger or yurt. It is one of the two basic forms of portable housing that have been used by the nomads of Tibet, Mongolia and China since the time of Marco Polo. It remains today as the primary form of portable housing in Mongolia and Tibet.
The ger of the thirteenth century nomad was a circular structure measuring twelve to fifteen feet in diameter. Its walls were a five foot tall latticework, called a khana, made of willow branches that were lashed together with yak or horsehair twine. Willow poles were lashed to the top of the wall section and were brought together at the top to form a conical shaped roof. A single upright pole supported the peak of the roof.
Gers were covered with several panels of felt made of either goat or camel hair. The gers of thirteenth century Tibet were structurally the same as their Mongolian counterparts, and were covered with felts made from yak hair rather than goat. The number of layers of felt varied, depending on the season. Felts were soaked in either tallow or milk to repel moisture. The gers of wealthier nomads were much larger, and were coated with lime or white clay mixed with powdered bone, again white being a symbol of status. Those who were not as wealthy painted decorations around the smoke hole of their natural brown-black tents. The panels were then secured to the framework of the ger with ropes. The doorway, which always faced south, was covered with a flap of felt, which was either painted or appliquéd with multi-colored designs of birds, animals, vines and trees.
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Meshari Al Khuder [ Vision ] (52 months ago | reply)
very nice well done
Zio Canguro (52 months ago | reply)
A special shot. Sky is amazing!
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Very interesting. Nice colors
Maciej 'Magic' Stangreciak (52 months ago | reply)
nice, was the food any good?
Weir_r / (Robert) (52 months ago | reply)
love it, but I would probably need something for indegestion.
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Impresionante paisaje y colores impecables. Saludos
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