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A sweat lodge is a low profile hut, typically dome-shaped or oblong, and made with natural materials. The structure is the lodge , and the ceremony performed within the structure may be called by some cultures a purification ceremony or simply a sweat .
Temazcal at the Joya de Cerén archaeological site, El Salvador. A temazcal is a type of sweat lodge, which originated with indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica.The term temazcal comes from the Nahuatl language, either from the words teme (to bathe) and calli (house), [1] or from the word temāzcalli [temaːsˈkalːi] (house of heat).
In the Americas there is the Nahuatl (Aztec) temāzcalli Nahuatl pronunciation: [temaːsˈkalːi], Maya zumpul-ché, and the Mixtec Ñihi; in Canada and the United States, a number of First Nations and Native American cultures have various kinds of spiritual sweat lodges (Lakota: inipi, Anishinaabemowin madoodiswan).
In North America, the use of sweat lodges by Native Americans is similar in concept to the smoke saunas of Finland or the black banya and was recorded as early as 1643. [19] There is evidence of the use of sweat lodges in Mesoamerica before the European arrival, such as the Temazcal which is still used in some regions of Mexico and Central America.
Temescal, Temascal and Temazcal are all forms of the Nahuatl word temāzcalli which refers to a type of sweat lodge used by indigenous Mesoamericans. Temescal, Temascal, or Temazcal might also refer to:
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Temescal Creek in Oakland near Cavour Street. Temescal Creek is a perennial stream, and as such, was highly valued by early settlers.At its mouth, the indigenous Ohlone people (Chochen/Huichin band), and their predecessors, built up the shellmound of Emeryville, the largest and most studied shellmound on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay.