Turkish Bath ( Hammam )
Hammam is the name given in general for a
sanitary place where people can go , get washed and cleaned .
Traditional Turkish Hammams are the brick structures covered
with a dome and having a special heating system together with hot and cold
water supply.
The history of Turkish bath goes
back very late in the history. Hammams were known and built in the early Roman
empire period. The excavations made beneath the ashes which formed after the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii revealed
the ruins of Baths proving that the Romans used
the First Hammams.
It is understood that the
Roman Baths were mostly used for pleasure and entertainment than cleaning.
Due to the class distinction
in the Roman empire the entrance gate of The slaves and nobles where separated.
Roman baths differently has also steam
baths, hot and cold water pools.
Hammams were used untill the
Medieval age in the western world and
Hammam tradition were deserted as a spoiled belief which make people think is
the water used on the body after the baptism is sin and malicious.
According to orders of Islam about being clean and neat . Turks have
extensively used the Hammams after they accept the Islam religion. Turkish bath
was a necessity in every home. There were in Istanbul alone
168 Big public Turkish bath in time.
Turkish baths are divided into
three main sections:
1) Dress changing rooms, 2) Bathing areas: a. Cold area, b.
Hammam, 3) Heating Location: Furnace ( boiler ).
Public baths are opened in
certain days only for women and other
days are open to men. "Double bath" which are composed of two adjacent
baths to each other . One of these is opened for women and the other is reserved for men. These
baths are opened everyday.
Turkish Baths(Hammams ) are the best places for cleaning and
clearing of body with hot water and
soaps in condition of not staying for long times.
Scrubbing the The perspirated
body with a soft clothe or sponge relieves the blood circulation and give
comfort to people.
Body perspires in the bath,
rubbing a soft cloth or sponge to wash the body, blood circulation, making it
easier to give people comfort.
Using hard clothes to rub can
cause scars on the body.
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