/2019/10/05/in-hot-water-public-bathing-in-native-america-iceland-finland-and-japan/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:31:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /2019/10/05/in-hot-water-public-bathing-in-native-america-iceland-finland-and-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-3114 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:31:14 +0000 https://anthrodendum.org/?p=3389#comment-3114 When do we see the video?

]]> /2019/10/05/in-hot-water-public-bathing-in-native-america-iceland-finland-and-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-3104 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 07:50:56 +0000 https://anthrodendum.org/?p=3389#comment-3104 I agree with you. Fascinating dialectic from many northern cultures. I have experiences in Iceland, Canada (sweatlodges in BC and Alberta among First Nations), Finland (with a startling article about sauna and dangers “Sudden Death in the Sauna”), Norway (which uses the traditions of other countries) Russia and the banja, and Mexico with imported North American sweatlodges in the hills about DC) but alas, not in the Caucasus with sharp leaves! The sweathouse-sauna is a raucous and holy place–good to think with, symbolically– much like the human genitalia, very close to God and, if you are not careful, close to the other place as well. Sacred, profane and a bit of ritual rebellion at baring all to the world and the Creator.

]]> /2019/10/05/in-hot-water-public-bathing-in-native-america-iceland-finland-and-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-3096 Sat, 05 Oct 2019 15:34:43 +0000 https://anthrodendum.org/?p=3389#comment-3096 Sorry for being pedantic, but hot springs in Japan are called onsen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen), not onesin.

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