Ergenek is the yurt’s access door in the form of a wooden carved lattice, which is curtained with felt on the outside (a more modern double-leaf door with hinges is called sykırlauyk , “creaky”). Height - 1-1.5 m. Currently, "ergenek" is also the common name for the door of the yurt [1] .
The master who made the yurt usually did not make an ergenek, which was produced by special masters, " ergeneks " [2] . According to legend [3] , the master, who made both a yurt and a door, will die.
Notes
- ↑ Ethnography of Karakalpaks of the 19th-early 20th centuries . Publishing house "Fan" of the Uzbek SSR, 1980.P. 40.
- ↑ Ethnography of Karakalpaks of the 19th-early 20th centuries . Publishing house "Fan" of the Uzbek SSR, 1980.P. 172.
- ↑ Khozhakhmet Esbergenov, Zhalgasbay Khoshniyazov. Ethnographic motifs in Karakalpak folklore . Publ. FAN Uzbek. SSR, 1988.S. 87.
Literature
- Ergenek // Kazakhstan. National Encyclopedia . - Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias , 2005. - T. II. - ISBN 9965-9746-3-2 .
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