Dhobi ghat
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Dhobi ghat or dhobighaat is used throughout south-central Asia to refer to any laundry-place or washing-place where many launderers or clothes-washers are present; they may be ordinary people or profe
Dhobhis (Washermen) washing clothes at Dhobhi Ghat, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai
Lavoir
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A lavoir is a public place set aside for the washing of clothes. Communal washing places were common in Europe until industrial washing was introduced, and this process in turn was replaced by domesti
Dhobi ghat
…has several other dhobi ghats, including an extensive dhobi ghat known as Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat. By comparison, although the differences are subtle, a lavoir in Europe is usually an officially-constructed public washing-place in a village, frequently walled or enclosed, and often roofed; a laundry is an…
The restored lavoir at Bonnat straddling a small stream
Women doing laundry in San Remo, Italy
A lavoir at Groix
Lavoir at Noyers