Have you ever seen a Bedouin tent? This is the typical dwelling of the nomadic shepherds of Africa and Asia, the Bedouins, who live by moving with their flocks in arid and hot areas, often lashed by strong winds.
The need to carry practical shelter - from the scorching sun during the day and the cold temperatures at night, as well as from wind and rain - led them to invent what is now universally known as the Bedouin tent.
Its peculiarity is that it can easily change shape to adapt to changing environmental conditions. The Bedouin tent, in fact, can open and close on different sides, so that it always offers the right shelter - even from the vagaries of the wind.
It can be open, to allow air to circulate in hot weather, and it can be closed down to ground level, to provide comfort in cold weather. The Bedouin tent, in its basic form, consists of a single large sheet held by wooden poles and ropes.
Modern Bedouin curtains: an example of style
If you are wondering what Bedouin tents have to do with the weddings, here is the answer: the Bedouin tent is so distinctive and functional that its “model”, so to speak, has been revived in recent years by many artisanal producers of tents, which then successfully landed in the sector wedding.
A tent that is original in appearance, elegant, adaptable, comfortable, practical, waterproof and offers perfect shelter from the sun could not fail to appeal to those who organise outdoor events: and the event of events, we know, is the wedding.
Modern stretch tents inspired by Bedouin tents, they re-propose the concept and appearance, revised in a contemporary key. The components of this tensile structure are always the same:
- A large cloth (elastic, in this case)
- Poles (wood or aluminium)
- Cables (instead of strings)
- Clamps for tensioning and fixing cables
The possibility of changing shape easily and adapt to any terrain make the Bedouin tent the number one choice for outdoor wedding receptions in fine weather; moreover, which is no bad thing, it represents a unique detail that lends originality to any banquet or reception.
XL Bedouin tents for weddings
The original Bedouin tent is an agile structure, easy to dismantle and transport, able to adapt to changing climatic conditions. Even the tenscovers for weddings that are inspired by Bedouin tents repeat the same concept; Bedouin tents for weddings, in fact:
- They consist of a single stretch cloth
- Thanks to the support pole, they can take endless different forms
- They can create a roof that is open on all sides (like a shade sail) or closed on one or more sides (like a marquee)
- They can provide shelter for a banquet, a buffet, a dance floor, a reception, a ceremony
- They are waterproof and offer protection from the sun's rays
- They adapt to any type of terrain (grass, sand, gravel, asphalt), flat or sloping
- Support the installation of sound and lighting systems
A single XL Bedouin tent can offer shelter to more than 600 people standing and 250 seats per banquet. And in case that is not enough, several Bedouin tents can be linked together to create a “maxi” set-up to cover large or very large banquets or receptions.
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