Traditional Kyrgyz settlement.
A traditional yurt (from the Turkic languages) is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia. Yurts have been a distinctive feature of life in Central Asia for at least three thousand years. The first written description of a yurt used as a dwelling was recorded by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus.
During the summer shepherds/farmers build yurts near the road or in the mountains. The road is all year long full of travelers, which presents a chance to make some money, by selling basic goods: food, milk, or other local products like carpets, blankets, etc.
