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The Why Factor: Bathing: Water, Health and Well-being

Bathing - 2

21/06/2013

Bathing: Water, Health and Well-being

BBC World Service - The Why Factor, Bathing: Water, Health and Well-being

The second of two programmes looking at why we bathe: the rituals and practices.

The second of two programmes examining the rituals of bathing. This week: cleansing the body and clearing the mind.. water, health and well-being.

Why do we bathe?  

The second of two programmes examining the rituals of bathing.  Last week: spiritual purification and supernatural waters.  

Do you enjoy a hot bath or is water too precious where you live to bathe in? This week is about cleansing the body and clearing the mind… water, health and well-being.   


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 (Image: A Japanese woman takes a bath in a natural hot spring, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Credit: Getty Images)

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