black tent

A black tent is a traditional portable dwelling used by nomadic peoples across Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, made from dark goat or yak hair woven into heavy cloth.

The black color absorbs heat during cold nights and provides deep shade during hot days.

These tents have housed Bedouin, Tibetan, and other pastoral communities for millennia: The black tents dotted the hillside where the herders had made camp.