An armrest like contraption has the controls: on/off, hot water, cold water, back, front, high pressure, low pressure. When our son built his house, he had the bathrooms installed with this device. In recent years in the U.S., the Lota is giving way to the toilet-seat bidet. In the Christian tradition, water is symbolic of washing away one’s sins, as in Baptism. Muslims use water to perform ablution five times daily to purify ourselves before offering the prayers. At Rest-Stops along the highways, you may have noticed someone fill a plastic bottle with water before going into the stall. Visit a Muslim home, and you are likely to see the Lota on the bathroom, resting between the toilet seat and the sink. Think of it this way: if your hand gets soiled, you don’t wipe clean, you wash your hands. You use 50% less toilet paper, you feel cleaner, and you are cleaner. This may seem gross, but there is no other way: (1) use toilet paper to wipe (2) use water to wash thoroughly (3) use toilet paper to wipe dry. In the Muslim tradition, one cleanses oneself with water, the ultimate purifier. Then there is the bidet, widely used in Muslim countries. those of us from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh. May I introduce you to the alternative: The Lota.Įvery South-Asian knows the Lota i.e. The Muslims Are Not Coming! They are the only ones not rushing to the stores to stock up on toilet paper-perhaps just a couple of rolls.
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