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Ethnographers divide Mongolia's population according to their ethnicity, but all Mongolians have one thing in common: they are nomads, or nomads at heart, even if they are urbanized. About half of the 2.3 million people live in gers, and 390.000 herdsman look after nearly 30 million livestock. They are truly nomadic, moving their gers and animals several times a year, constantly searching for better feed, water and weather. The life of a nomad, and therefore Mongolia, is inextricably linked to the environment and animals. Nomads learn to ride as soon as they can walk; they spend about half their time looking for stray animals (there are almost no fences in Mongolia), carrying a type of lasso pole called a uurga. While you are traveling around the countryside for a week or two in summer, you may think the simple nomadic lifestyle is ideal, but the long winters are desperately harsh, the food is unchanging, and looking after animals, preparing food and finding water is very hard work.· Mongolia today; Modern Mongolia is well known to the world for its heritage of ancient history, culture and arts, specific traditions and custom, indigenous species of the world's rare animals.
· The Ger
· The Ger has been used since the Mongols started nomadic way of life style with animal husbandry. The nomads have developed circular felt covered dwelling, the ger (yurt in Turkish) adopted to the difficult conditions of the daily life (cold, wind, sun) and easy to be moved as can be raised and dismantled in 30 to 60 minutes. The gers have beautiful carved decorated doors, south oriented.
· A Ger consists of felt covers (deever, tuurga), wooden columns (bagana), toono(a square window), uni or thin wooden poles, floor, khana or wall( wooden lattice attached together with animal's hide ropes) and ropes. Most of Ger materials are made out of felt- sheep wool, ropes- camel or sheep wool, horse or yak's tail, and of course wood. A usual Mongol ger has 5 khanas and 88 unis.
· The Ger
· The Ger has been used since the Mongols started nomadic way of life style with animal husbandry. The nomads have developed circular felt covered dwelling, the ger (yurt in Turkish) adopted to the difficult conditions of the daily life (cold, wind, sun) and easy to be moved as can be raised and dismantled in 30 to 60 minutes. The gers have beautiful carved decorated doors, south oriented.
· A Ger consists of felt covers (deever, tuurga), wooden columns (bagana), toono(a square window), uni or thin wooden poles, floor, khana or wall( wooden lattice attached together with animal's hide ropes) and ropes. Most of Ger materials are made out of felt- sheep wool, ropes- camel or sheep wool, horse or yak's tail, and of course wood. A usual Mongol ger has 5 khanas and 88 unis.