sauna whisk
{{Short description|Broom used for bathing in saunas or banyas}}
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File:In de sauna. Slaan met berkentakken, Bestanddeelnr 920-4683.jpg with {{Lang|fi|vihta}}s, 1967, Finland{{Cite web|last=Koch|first=Eric|date=1967-07-05|title=Helsinkiläinen sauna|lang=nl|trans-title=In the Finnish sauna. Beating with birch branches|url=https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/fotocollectie/ab1e6406-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84 |website=National Archives of the Netherlands|hdl=10648/ab1e6406-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84|hdl-access=free|access-date=2022-03-12}}|alt=]]
A sauna whisk ({{langx|et|viht}}; {{langx|fi|vasta}} or {{lang|fi|vihta}}; {{langx|lv|pirtslota}}; {{langx|lt|vanta}}; {{lang-rus|банный веник|p=ˈbanːɨj ˈvʲenʲɪk}}) or bath broom is a besom, or broom, used for bathing in saunas and Russian banyas.
Gallery
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| File:Kustodiev russian venus.jpg | Boris Kustodiyev, Russian Venus (1925–1926)
| File:Vihtoja.jpg | Finnish birch {{Lang|fi|vihta}}
| File:LePrince Bain.jpg | Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, a public banya (1760s)
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See also
{{Commons category multi|Sauna whisks}}
References
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{{cite news |last=Radcliffe |first=Robert C. |agency=National Geographic News Service |date=May 17, 1974 |title=Sauna Whisks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-suana-whisks-1974/136918284/ |work=The Sacramento Bee |place=Helsinki |publication-place=Sacramento |access-date=December 16, 2023 |quote=Finnish sauna bathers sometimes whip each other with water-soaked whisks of birch branches to stir up skin circulation and perfume the air with woodsy fragrance.}}
{{cite news |agency=United Press International |date=July 30, 1975 |title=Sauna Delights Ford; He Applies the Birches |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/30/archives/sauna-delights-ford-he-applies-the-birches.html |work=The New York Times |place=Helsinki |publication-place=New York City |access-date=December 19, 2023 |quote=President Ford, after beating himself with birch branches, pronounced his first Finnish sauna delightful.}}
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