The ‘ger’ of their dreams

RE “Round Pegs in a Square World” [Oct. 28]: The article on portable circular structures was interesting.

However, the Mongolian people refer to their traditional dwellings as “gers,” and two-thirds of Outer Mongolians still live in them. The term “yurt” was introduced by the Russians during the Stalinist purges and never adopted by the Mongolians.

Marna L. Geisler

Pacific Palisades

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