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  2. Sauna - Wikipedia

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    A sauna (/ ˈ s ɔː n ə, ˈ s aʊ n ə /, [1] [2] Finnish: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ]) is a room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions or an establishment with one or more of these facilities. The steam and high heat make the bathers perspire.

  3. Ganban'yoku - Wikipedia

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    Bathers, usually dressed in kannaigi (館内着) which is a type of casual Japanese indoor wear similar to samue, place a bath towel on a stone and lie on it. [2] The stones themselves are heated. The room's temperature, which is similar to that of a low-temperature sauna , combined with the heat of the stone cause users to sweat.

  4. Banya (sauna) - Wikipedia

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    The Russian banya is the closest relative of the Finnish sauna. In modern Russian, a sauna is often called a "Finnish banya", though possibly only to distinguish it from other ethnic high-temperature bathing facilities such as Turkish baths referred to as "Turkish banya". Sauna, with its ancient history amongst Nordic and Uralic peoples, is a ...

  5. World Sauna Championships - Wikipedia

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    The World Sauna Championships were an annual endurance contest held in Heinola, Finland, from 1999 to 2010. They originated from unofficial sauna-sitting competitions that resulted in a ban from a swimming hall in Heinola. The Championships were first held in 1999 and grew to feature contestants from over 20 countries.

  6. Onsen - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, onsen were located outdoors, although many inns have now built indoor bathing facilities as well. Nowadays, as most households have their baths, the number of traditional public baths has decreased, [ 2 ] but the number and popularity of hot spring resort towns ( 温泉街 , onsen-gai ) have increased since the end of Second ...

  7. Hammam - Wikipedia

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    The first two examples have a floor plan arranged around two orthogonal axes and a large central warm room occupying the center, while those of the Sidi Bu Madyan complex are of the linear type planned around one main axis. [62] In Algiers, a large number of hammams were built during the Ottoman regency period (16th to early 19th centuries). A ...

  8. Infrared sauna - Wikipedia

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    An infrared sauna uses infrared heaters to emit infrared light experienced as radiant heat which is absorbed by the surface of the skin. Infrared saunas are popular in alternative therapies , where they are claimed to help with a number of medical issues including autism , cancer , and COVID-19 , but these claims are entirely pseudoscientific .

  9. Finnish sauna - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish sauna (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ], Swedish: bastu) is a substantial part of Finnish [2] [3] [4] and Estonian culture. [5]It was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists at the 17 December 2020 meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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