Sauna Enthusiastic Teemu Arina, Dicole Ltd. December 2008 Original Finnish Sauna Modern temples and ancient social technologies
Nov 02, 2014
Sauna Enthusiastic Teemu Arina, Dicole Ltd.December 2008
Original Finnish SaunaModern temples and ancient social technologies
Finnish Sauna
India:Sveda
Roman baths Japan:
Kama-Buro
Korea:Jim JilBang
Russia:Banja
Mayans & Astecs:
Temascal
Indians:Inipi Middle-east:
Turkish Sauna,Hamam
Sweathbaths Around the World
15th Century ChurchBad times for Sauna
in Europe
But FinlandSurvived.
Mythology
HistoryTradition
Painting: Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1889
Various ConstructionsClay, Wood, Stone, Brick, Branches, Peat, Earth...
LöylyThe Spirit of Sauna
Photo: Jezz
KiuasStove – The more stones, the better
Photo: Jezz
Vihta - Made of Birch
MassageCirculationSweatingChemicals
Avanto - Hole in the Ice
Photo: Finnish Sauna Society
Four Important Features• 70-90 degrees• High humidity• At least 300kg quality stones• Feet above the stones
Just Like With All Technologies, the Most Important Features are Invisible
Fire Water Air
Ref: Matti Kivinen
Original Smoke Sauna
1% of 2 million saunas and decreasing
Photo: Finnish Sauna Society
Electric GrillsÄlykiuas
Modern times, change in values
Finnish Sauna Society
1937
Vaskiniemi, Helsinki
Photo: Finnish Sauna Society
1952
Finnish Sauna Cooperation - 2008
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CEO, Dicole Ltd.