Mandi (bath)
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Mandi refers to a traditional Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

n or Malaysian way of bathing
Bathing
Bathing is the washing or cleansing of the body in a fluid, usually water or an aqueous solution. It may be practised for personal hygiene, religious ritual or therapeutic purposes or as a recreational activity....

 involving using a small container to scoop water out of a large container and pour water over the body, in such a way that this water does not go back into the large container.

The water is unheated.

Mandi also refers to a bathroom
Bathroom
A bathroom is a room for bathing in containing a bathtub and/or a shower and optionally a toilet, a sink/hand basin/wash basin and possibly also a bidet....

 designed for being used in this way, or the large container used in this way.

See also

  • Japanese bathing traditions involve a similar process of washing with a ladle

External links

  • http://www.tactileint.com/seasia/Indonesia.html Accessed: 2011-03-08. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5x2caStUE)
  • http://en.allexperts.com/q/Indonesia-193/Indonesian-culture.htm Accessed: 2011-03-08. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5x2cjVbxL)
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