Mongolian Yurt or Ger, is portable, bent dwelling structure traditionally used for thousands of years by the nomads of Central Asia and is still a common sight in many countries, with its unique design, structure and practical features, the yurts are attracting interest from people in many parts of the worlds as an ecologically friendly and attractive living space that can be used for a variety of purposes.
The yurt has a wooden frame, the assembly of which is made without the use of metal. It is imposed from the outside, sometimes in two layers, felt over which wound tissue that protects the felt from rain and snow. Fabric yurt richly decorated with embroidery and applique. Particularly bright and distinct patterned felt curtain entrance. The doors always face south. This feature allowed the nomadic yurt installation to accurately tell time. Sunbeam, getting in the yurt through the upper hole, sliding the grating wall during daylight hours passed around the perimeter of the inner wall of the yurt. At the location of the solar beam, the whole day from sunrise to sunset was divided into 29 time periods corresponding to the vertical frame tent poles. For simplicity, time-stamp sometimes used the expression "when the sun seemed on the bed", "sun lit the floor of the yurt", etc.
Yurt is easily transported, assembled and disassembled. The entire operation of disassembling it takes an hour, but in assembling, it takes a maximum of two hours. Such efficiency during assembling and disassembling is achieved by the fact that all parts of the yurt of any size have a characteristic modular system that worked out and was tested by life itself for centuries. The skeleton is made up of walls interconnected by a folding wooden trellis "KHAN", which determines the size and capacity of the dwelling. Each grid, part of the common wall, consists of flat strips, overlapping oblique cells, and is fastened with rawhide thongs. Due to the fact that these rails are compressed or stretched like an accordion, it is possible to reduce or increase to the desired height or fold its tent during migrations.
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However, the outer covering of yurts can have many different designs and decorative elements, some of them very stylish. The interior decoration can be sustained in both the traditional and more familiar European style. They are used in the construction of campsites, from the most basic to the most luxurious, and built several sets of different celebrations, with separate standing two-metre-wide yurts connected by passes, etc. As rooms for meetings and business meetings. As separate banquet halls. All products are made by hand, without the use of modern technology.
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