[Tagging] Ablution area

Dave Swarthout daveswarthout at gmail.com
Sat Aug 30 08:55:47 UTC 2014


FWIW, I traveled extensively in New Zealand a few years ago and there an
"ablution block" (or ablution area) is a place in a campground where one
washes things — dishes, clothing, etc. That definition of ablution is also
a sort of "purification", I reckon.

Cheers
Dave


On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Mishari Muqbil <mishari at mishari.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to propose a new tag for Ablution (ritual purification).
> Wikipedia says that that there's Ablution in Islam, Christianity and
> Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablution and worship sites usually
> have an area set aside for this.
>
> Islam:
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ablution_area_inside_Eastern_wall_of_Badshahi_mosque.JPG
>
> Judaism:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_washing_in_Judaism#mediaviewer/File:Ramban_Synagogue_IMG_0027.JPG
>
> I would like to tag it as amenity=ablution for a stand alone facility as
> pictured above or ablution=yes if a toilet has facilities specifically
> for performing ablution.
>
> --
> Best regards
> Mishari Muqbil
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Dave Swarthout
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