Yaranga

Japanese: yaranga
Yaranga

...The Nenets, some of the Yakuts, the inland Chukchi and the Koryaks lived a nomadic life following reindeer herds. Their dwellings were tents called yarangas. These were round-roofed tents made of three poles tied together at the top to form a main pillar, with dozens of vertical poles set up in a circle, on which the crossbeams of the roof were placed, and the whole was covered with reindeer fur.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "yaranga" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ネネツ族,ヤクート族の一部,内陸部のチュクチ,コリヤーク族はトナカイ群を追う遊牧生活を送った。その住居はヤランガyarangaと呼ばれる天幕であった。これは3本の棒の上部を縛って主柱として円形に数十本の支柱を垂直に立て,それに屋根の横木をのせ,トナカイの毛皮で全体を覆った丸屋根の天幕であった。…

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