
A time for relax

by Robert Grac
Title
A time for relax
Artist
Robert Grac
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A traditional yurt is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia.
Traditional yurts consist of an expanding wooden circular frame carrying a felt cover. The felt is made from the wool of the flocks of sheep that accompany the pastoralists.
The timber to make the external structure is not to be found on the treeless steppes, and must be obtained by trade in the valleys below.
The traditional decoration within a yurt is primarily pattern-based. These patterns are generally not according to taste, but are derived from sacred ornaments with certain symbolism.
This yurt camp was captured near Song Köl lake (also Son Kul), an alpine lake in northern Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan. which lies at an altitude of 3016 m, and has an area of about 270 km2 and volume of 2.64 km3.
The lake's maximum length is 29 km, breadth about 18 km, and the deepest point is 13.2 m. It is the second largest lake in Kyrgyzstan after Issyk Kul Lake, and the largest fresh water lake in Kyrgyzstan.
Its name, meaning "following lake", is popularly considered to refer to this relation. It is surrounded by a broad summer pasture and then mountains.
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August 23rd, 2018
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