Finnish sauna

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The Finnish sauna (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ], Swedish: bastu) is a substantial part of Finnish and Northern European culture. Finnish sauna culture was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists at the 17 December 2020 meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. As authorized by the state, the Finnish Heritage Agency commits, together with Finnish sauna communities and promoters of the sauna culture, to safeguard the vitality of the sauna tradition and to highlight its importance as part of customs and wellbeing. The word sauna itself is of Finnish origin. During the Reformation in Scandinavia the popularity of saunas expanded to other countries because the European bath houses were being destroyed due to syphilis among other things being endemic. Finns have used the sauna to live in, eat, and address matters of hygiene, including giving birth in an almost sterile environment. Unlike many other, more...

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