Mongolian Nomads - Life of Yurt Buildings

It was really interesting seeing what my teacher May Tveit did in Mongolia this past summer.  She showed us pictures of a Mongolian family setting up there house in a new location.  The landscape was beautiful with miles and miles of green grass behind them.  It only took the family a few hours to set up their own house, which was pretty impressive.  They had a few pieces of furniture they brought with them along with the structure of their house.  They had these expanding paneled walls that they tied together with rope and formed a circular structure. They then put long sticks resting on the walls and all joined at the center to create the structure for the roof.  They then covered their home with many fabrics and tied them in place, topping it off with a plastic covering to protect from the rain.  This was very interesting to how the difference in culture played a part in how they built their structure and the kinds of living conditions.