How to equip a Mongolian yurt and the results of her visit to the local festival

July 2018 I spent in Mongolia. In this sparsely populated country of the population still live in yurts, they are even in the capital can be found. In mid-July Mongolians celebrate Nadom - national festival with jumps, concerts and other events. Its main site is located just north of Ulan Bator, where a long line of cars stretching from the capital.

In the place of celebration is worth a lot of yurts. Despite the windy weather, I went for a walk in the wilderness, to examine them in detail, both outside and inside, and at the same time with the inhabitants wanted to talk. It is no secret that some Mongolians speak Russian.

Yurt inhabitants were good-natured to the obvious foreigner, knew immediately where I began to recall some familiar Russian words, small children are just curiously looking at me. By the way, the yurt Mongolian is "ger", one of the first words that I remember in the prairie country.

Modern yurt differ from the old presence nearby satellite dish and TV, laptop and other inventions within. Outside the yurt all alike felt and one door, sometimes some pattern on the roof and chimney sticks out. Inside is much more interesting, the interiors are different, depending on the willingness of the owner.

The yurt is very spacious, there can gather the family in three generations and some guests. Tent floor mats, carpets and coated with different patterns Mongolian. In the center stands a low table, and next to it the stove and the "kitchen", except that multivarka somewhere in the side, near the generator and outlets. From the stove pipe going up, it comes out through the dome of the yurt. The Mongols call it the "Toon".

I did not know a word, so they demonstrated their knowledge of the realities of Central Asia. Turks, Kazakhs and Kyrgyz called this dome shanyrak and tundyuk. dome struts can be a very beautiful decorative items made of wood, with the heads of dragons and other delights.

In the corners of the yurt are low and cramped bed. Often a separate cabinet for the TV, said that it is put in front of the entrance. The walls are decorated with paintings and images of Buddha and Genghis Khan. On the occasion of the Mongols holiday drink milk tea from large thermos of vodka, sometimes with Coca-Cola. Children drink juice. They eat salads familiar to us, it is the influence of the Mongolian-Soviet friendship. The best of food - sweet pastries and candies, often Russian.

If you walk around the yurts on this holiday, you can not only make a lot of beautiful pictures, but decent to fill a backpack with candy and other sweets.

In my opinion, Mongolia is unbanal tourist destination. Why should there not go in the middle of summer? There, by the way, is not hot, on the contrary, in the capital there are rains, and in the steppes often strong winds. Prices for all low and less similar Russian regions - Tuva and Buryatia. One of the cheapest destinations for tourism.

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