Iranian bathhouse: A meeting place for cleaning up
In past time, bathhouses or ‘hammams’ in Iran were not only places for bathing and cleaning up. They had a social concept for people who gathered at these places weekly. It was a place where people talked with each other about their daily life, and shared humors and news. There are still bathhouses in Iranian cities but they do not have their social function anymore since most people have bathrooms in their homes due to modern lifestyle. Persian literature is full of proverbs, narrations and folk stories about bathhouses, which indicate the ...
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