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A ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar. A Ger district (Mongolian: гэр хороолол, Ger khoroolol) is a form of residential district in Mongolian settlements. They usually consist of parcels with one or more detached traditional mobile dwellings or gers (hence the name), surrounded by two-metre high wooden fences. In other ...
The design of the Mongolian ger developed from its ancient simple forms to actively integrate with Buddhist culture. The crown—toono adopted the shape of Dharmachakra. The earlier style of toono, nowadays more readily found in Central Asian yurts, is called in Mongolia "sarkhinag toono," while the toono representing Buddhist dharmachakra is ...
Yurts in the Mongolian Countryside. The ger (yurts) is part of the Mongolian national identity. The Secret History of the Mongols mentions Genghis Khan as the leader of all people who live in felt tents, called gers, and even today a large share of Mongolia's population lives in ger, even in Ulaanbaatar.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... A Mongolic Ger. Language ... The name is a combination of the Mongolian word dalai meaning "ocean" and the Tibetan word (bla ...
Ger (Ger is the Mongolian word for home and also for the traditional tent dwelling) was an online magazine launched in Mongolia in the late 1990s. The country's first online magazine, Ger became a much-cited [citation needed] source on the effects of the transition to free markets and democracy the country experienced throughout the 1990s.
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A khoroolol (/ x ɔː ˈ r oʊ l ɒ l /; Mongolian: хороолол [χɔˈɾɔɮɜɮ]) is a residential complex of Mongolia, equivalent to a neighbourhood.In densely built residential areas, it is similar to a quarter (cf. mikrorayon).
Yurt wagon or Ger tereg (Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠷ ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ) is a traditional mobile dwelling of the Mongolic people, in which a yurt is placed on a large cart usually pulled by oxen. [ 1 ] This type of habitat was mainly used by the Mongol Khans , at least between the 13th and 16th centuries.