Here’s some early week Monday evening brain food for you. If you’re Mongolia bound it,
hooray and even if you are just plugged onto the couch watching Jeapardy later this evening
and find this little piece helps you nail the answer, that’s grand too. Either way I thought some information on
dwellings would be a fun (in a slightly bookworm like way) one to write about.
Ger means home in Mongolian, though it is
also known as a yurta in Russia or yurt in English. Regardless of the word origin the
meaning is still home and for Buryat, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Tuvans and several other Central Asian and Siberian
people’s, mobility seems to be key in constructing these dwellings. The wooden framework is covered with felt and
decorative cloth. The ropes which go around the ger called bus (belts) are usually made of braided horse
mane and tail hair. The nomads’ ger can be quickly assembled or disassembled and loaded onto either camel or
a yak.
Apart from the common nomads’ ger there are also wooden ger and other variations of the Mongolian homes and you can
click here for further information if you are curious to learn
more.