The Bathers

Balbuki is the very ordinary village in Pskov Region one of many small regions in west part of Russia. The local farmers who has lived and worked on this land in previous times is being gradually replaced with summer residents from nearest towns. It is a normal way that some new attributes which had never used in these places has come together with new owners. But, unfortunately, there is a back process when a lot of customary things are disappearing. The old style, wooden beams made and black heated Russian steam bath called Banya is one of them and to use it for washing becomes an more and more exotic .

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Keywords russia, village, man, woman, wash, bath, dog, water, mirror, window, bucket, banya, sauna