Wednesday, July 26

Tanque de la Unión public washbasins


Tanque de la Unión public washbasins, originally uploaded by rudygiron.

Yesterday I showed you a public laundry washbasin in Ciudad Vieja. Today I bring to you the Tanque de la Unión public laundry washbasin (->more info in Spanish). In colonial times these public water tanks and washbasins served as the places for doing your laundry and for water distribution. In many places in Guatemala this stills holds true. Furthermore, public laundry washbasins (sometimes rivers or lake shores) serve as the gathering place for news, gossip and community building through the interactions that take place. Public washbasins could be considered the first news broadcasting sites; batteries not required.

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posted by rudygiron @ 9:11 AM | permanet link | 2 comments links to this post  
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beautiful. i really like the shadow of the arches.
# posted by edwin s : Wed Jul 26, 01:53:12 PM CDT
 
I guess they have to dip the water out of the container as well as dip it in ,right?
# posted by patsy : Wed Jul 26, 08:57:59 PM CDT
 
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