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      As you can see our boots don't just keep warm but they are also fluffy and pretty. Today I want to tell you a secret what makes unty fine. 

     The majority of our boots has some bright detail which girds a top part of them. We call it bieleh [bɪlæ] (There is no stress in short yakut words).

 The masters embroider it with glass beads or thread.  The ornamental design is varied and restricted only by the master’s imagination. 

However, the most common pattern is the national design.  

We have more than 400 yakut ornaments, which included in corresponding groups. The yakut ornament embroidered in clothes has deep content and can denote an age,a  marital, the place he was born and even how many children he has. Generally, the main function of every ornament is protecting from evil spirits.  The masters usually prefer use lyre-shaped (көҕүөр ойуу), heart – shaped ornaments(сүрэх ойуу), curles (эрбэлдьин ойуу),  also fishing - net(илим хара5а), plants (үүнээйи ойуу),   ram’s horn (бараан муоhа), nails and others when they make a bieleh .

     

The lyre-shaped ornament in the yakut culture is the most widespread. There are 3 version of its appearing. The lyre –shaped form stands for the symbol of an appearing plant. It means growing and developing of sakha people. The second version is the Tree of Life.  And others think that this ornament  signifies cattles . The lyre-shaped ornament is not only in our culture but it also meets in other Turkic nations where the cattle-breeding is in developing . It  is a blessing of prosperity in the World, but in other case overturned ornaments can be a warning about danger.  The ornament is embroidered differently for man and woman.  The top of the ornament is opened in women’s clothes, and it is closed in men’s.







 Another kind of ornaments called curles is build up from the lyre-shaped form. 

  The heart – shaped ornament  is a symbol of love and harmony. 

 Fishing was one of the vital occupation of sakha people. They reflected it in patterns in a form of fishing-net. This type of ornaments is used in decorating  of men's clothes. 
    

Also these ornaments are popular.

plants

nails

 

 ram’s horn

There are 2 ways of making bieleh: by hand and on the bench.  The handmade bieleh is embroidered in the deep cloth and on its border the fur strip is sewed.  Some people make it on the bench in order to receive more saturated color. They fix up a bench, haul a thread taut and weave beads into thread.  It turns up solid and very impressive.

   













     As for me I don't imagine yakut winter without our unty. Although nowadays young people prefer fur-lined boots. How is it possible?! They aren't convinient for our conditions.
      This is my unty.  It is short, light-weight and comfortable to wear.