Mumbai Dhobi Ghat

Dhobi Ghat, literally means washing place in Hindi, from Dhobi - literally meaning washerman or one that does laundry and Ghat - generically meaning a large open space.
Typically in India, Dhobis call on regular clients, collect their dirty clothes and then take them to the Dhobi Ghats. At the famous Dhobi Ghat of Mumbai, India, which has rows of concrete wash pens, each with its own flogging stone. The Dhobi sloshes dirty linen into a soapy water mixture, thrashing them with the flogging stones, and then puts the linen into huge vats of starch. After which being dried, they are ironed and delivered to the owners.

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