Bathing

So, I've shared stories about working with Missionaries of Charity but haven't really shared much about the street life in Calcutta. So, here we go!

One of the things that caught our eye very quickly because it is so different than life in the US is that men bathe on the street. Every so often there will be a facet on the sidewalk and groups of men will be surrounding the water source in their underwear or a towel, scrubbin' up! It was always a little awkward to walk by them because sometimes there were large groups of men in one area but we became quite accustomed to the sight.



While some men would bathe a little bit off the street some would bathe right on the street while cars are passing by.



Look closely and you can see a guy covered in suds!

So the next time you take a shower be thankful that you have a water source inside your house and don't have to wash on the main street going through town...