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Legend has it that Damascus once had 365 hammams or 'Turkish baths': one for each day of the year. Originally part of an ancient Roman tradition, hammams were absorbed by Islam to such an extent that many became almost annexes to nearby mosques. For centuries, hammams were an integral part of community life, with some 50 hammams surviving in Damascus until the 1950s. Since then, however, with the onslaught of modernization programmes and home bathrooms, many have been demolished; fewer than 20 Damascene working hammams survive today. In "Hammaming in the Sham", Richard Boggs travels the length and breadth of modern Syria, documenting the traditions of bathing in Damascus, Aleppo and elsewhere, and his encounters with Syrians as they bathe. In his portrayal of life in the hammams he reveals how these ancient institutions cater for both body and soul, and through his conversations with the bathers within, he provides insights into the grass roots of contemporary Syrian society. Approximately 100 colour photographs accompany the text, portraying the traditional neighbourhoods of Damascus and Aleppo, and the almost religious feel of the hammams. The author's intimate portraits of the baths' employees and bathers show a unique side of Syria rarely exposed to the outside world.
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Richard Boggs has worked for over a decade in the Arabic-speaking world, teaching in Yemen, Lebanon and Khartoum. For two years he lived on one of the most remote places on earth: the Yemeni island of Socotra. His island experiences are published in his first travel book, The Lost World of Socotra (Stacey International, 2009). When not travelling he likes to cultivate his herbaceous border in Ireland.
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Learn about Turkish Baths in Syria
2011/4/26
形式:ハードカバー
Hammaming in the Sham by Richard Boggs is a rather interesting compendium of the hammams, or Turkish Baths, or Roman Baths, across Syria. He visits every kind and bathes in most of them, telling the elegance of their architecture or the derelict nature of each. He gives honest assessments of their cleanliness and hygiene (or lac thereof) along with some very interesting conversations and encounters with locals, who almost always welcomed him with open arms and offered whatever food and drink they had. Boggs obviously enjoyed the research for this book in a climate and atmosphere in which he had always felt comfortable. This is an interesting and informative survey with lots of history and interpersonal encounters, especially if you are going to the Middle East and want to understand this centuries old treasured custom of communal bath houses, for relaxing and gossiping, and learning the news, and generally keeping up with your friends. In most cases the men's hammams were separate from the women's.
Book-travelling with Mr. Richard Boggs is fantastic!
2012/2/6
形式:ハードカバー|Amazonが確認した購入
I bought this book for two reasons: 1) I am a huge fan of SPA's, saunas, hydrotherapy, massage, jacuzzy and all kinds of relaxation techniques; 2) I love travelling to totally different cultures and experience the exotic, the surreal.
And reading Boggs's narrative made me fascinated about the hammam experience. This is because the author tells, in every single detail, his journey through many hammams, the way they work, the time they have been built, their inside and outside design (with lots of pictures, including the people who go to those places), the history behind it, the rituals, the Syrians habits, behavior and their culture mainly towards purification, nudity and other issues related.
Also, it's interesting to know that in spite of men and women having separated hammams, going completely naked is not well accepted. You have to wear the "futa", a kind of "table cloth" around your waist. Even when getting a massage and a body scrub by the "mukeyyis" (the Hammam's masseur). All these Syrian words are in a little glossary in the beggining of the book, so you can enter the hammam's world before start reading about it.
In conclusion, this book is a must have for anyone who is visiting the middle east and wants to experience a millennial tradition which lasted until our times and still is a magical journey.
And reading Boggs's narrative made me fascinated about the hammam experience. This is because the author tells, in every single detail, his journey through many hammams, the way they work, the time they have been built, their inside and outside design (with lots of pictures, including the people who go to those places), the history behind it, the rituals, the Syrians habits, behavior and their culture mainly towards purification, nudity and other issues related.
Also, it's interesting to know that in spite of men and women having separated hammams, going completely naked is not well accepted. You have to wear the "futa", a kind of "table cloth" around your waist. Even when getting a massage and a body scrub by the "mukeyyis" (the Hammam's masseur). All these Syrian words are in a little glossary in the beggining of the book, so you can enter the hammam's world before start reading about it.
In conclusion, this book is a must have for anyone who is visiting the middle east and wants to experience a millennial tradition which lasted until our times and still is a magical journey.
A world of water, stone and steam
2011/12/23
形式:ハードカバー
Hammaming in the Sham, with its tongue-twister of a title, is a zig-zag journey in and out of a vanishing middle-eastern world of water and stone and steam, fabulously detailed and engagingly conversational, with words and pictures that complement each other perfectly. In the course of this eccentric travelogue, the reader learns a good bit about Syria and neighbouring countries; also about life and how to live it.
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