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What is a Yurt

Pitching a Yurt

Yurt Pitching begins with finding a flat rock free site. The sequence of events is ilustrated in the pictures below.

Fig 1. Walls and Doors First

Fig 2. Crown and Uns

Fig 3. Finishing roof

Fig 4. Adding inner cover

Fig 5. Adding felt covers

Fig 6. Adding outer covers

Fig 7. Securing the covers

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However note this is a Mongolian Ger in the steppes and they have not added a rain proff canvas cover after the felt and before the outer cover.

There photos were used under the GNU Free Documentation License and can be seen in their original context here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurt