Tuesday, July 25

Public laundry washbasins at work


Public washbasin, originally uploaded by rudygiron.

On May 13th I posted a photo a public laundry washbasin in Ciudad Vieja and Heidi asked how do people wash their clothes in such facilities. Here I have a follow-up photo taken at the same time and day. People, usually from low income areas, take their dirty clothes to the public laundry washbasin which is nothing more than a large water tank with many sinks where women can wash them by hand using only soap and a small plastic vessel. The mystery is now resolved, but the magic has been taken away.

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posted by rudygiron @ 10:10 AM | permanet link | 4 comments links to this post  
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Another wonderful cultural photo!
# posted by Kate : Tue Jul 25, 12:57:53 PM CDT
 
i think this is great! certainly organised nicely :)
yesterday i saw someone doing her washing at river danube, Budapest ..
# posted by Kris : Wed Jul 26, 01:42:24 AM CDT
 
yep, it's great that they have this kind of facilities. There are still some low income people in my country who have to do laundry in the (dirty) river.
# posted by santy : Wed Jul 26, 03:23:07 AM CDT
 
this is very interesting!
# posted by Lisi : Wed Jul 26, 12:04:46 PM CDT
 
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