- When approaching a Mongolian ger it is customary to say, “Nokhoigo Khorioroi” which means “Hold the dog,” even if you don’t see a dog. This is because guard dogs are common and a dog may be aggressive towards visitors, but it in general alerts the occupants to your presence so they can come out and greet you.
- Never knock on a ger door. It is considered rude. You simply enter.
- When entering a Mongolian ger, step with your right foot first and never stand on the threshold. The threshold is said to be the “neck” of the ger and standing on it tantamount to “strangling” the home.
- Mongolians don't chat to each other over the threshold. Step in rather than asking things through the doorway.
- To greet your hosts say, “Sain bain uu?” (pronounced “Sey-Ben-Oo”) – meaning “how do you do?” If you are entering for the second, third, fourth time, you can just say “Sen-ooo”, meaning “Hi!”.
Today we both learned :)
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Took me awhile to learn to hear the various elaborations on that for different types of people.
Stop writing simply <magic incantation> in the documentation ;)
I suppose this is because you will be met well before you arrive at the door-the resident will come out to greet you, presumably because their dog alerted to your presence?
What do you say if you don’t want someone to enter your yurt? My dog is hungry and thinks you’re lunch?
