The other day my host sister, American room mate, and I went to the hamam. For those of you who do not know what a hamam is, it's a public bath where people gather together to bath. They undress, sit on the floor of a steamy hot room and use buckets filled with water to cleanse themselves. First we used henna and put it all over ourselves. After a few minutes we washed it off and covered our skin with black soap. After rinsing that off, you scrub yourself all over with all of your energy with a scrubbing kit and see skin coming off. After reaching all places you can reach, someone else will scrub your back for you (which feels amazing) and then you use your normal shampoo etc. After rinsing again, another round of henna is put on and rinsed one final time. The process took us almost 3 hours and seemed strange at first but was very interesting and nice by the end. We plan on going back each week for another scrub.
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