Thursday, April 26, 2007

Building a Ger (Yurt)

This video is on Revver, and it is really good! The video depicts a Kazakh family constructing a ger (yurt) for a wedding party in northwestern China. It is amazing to me how everyone has their own unique task to complete in the construction and it seems that noone gets in the way. They all work together so well. It seems so unsual, thinking about doing collective tasks with a much smaller family, like building a Christmas Tree, or preparing a Thanksgiving meal, or hosting a July Fourth cookout. This project seemed to go so smoothly.I also enjoyed hearing Kazakh voices, speaking Kazakh, and hearing traditional dobra music.



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