Ger, Mongolian Tent

Product Description

The Mongolian ger has to key components: the wooden framework and the felt cover, the wooden framework is known as khana, the central support columns as uni, the smoke hole is toono. Eighty - eight separate wooden poles each measuring around 1,5 meters are used for the ger frame, with just to central columns supporting the entire structure. Without its felt and canvas covering the naked frame looks something like an umbrella without its sheath. Once the framework has been erected it is covered with felt and mounted onto a wooden floor sometimes the ger goes directly on the ground and then overlaid with feeling. The door is always on the southern side facing the sun, providing more light inside the windowless home.