FWIW, I traveled extensively in New Zealand a few years ago and there an "ablution block" (or ablution area) is a place in a campground where one washes things — dishes, clothing, etc. That definition of ablution is also a sort of "purification", I reckon.
Cheers Dave On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Mishari Muqbil <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to propose a new tag for Ablution (ritual purification). > Wikipedia says that that there's Ablution in Islam, Christianity and > Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablution and worship sites usually > have an area set aside for this. > > Islam: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ablution_area_inside_Eastern_wall_of_Badshahi_mosque.JPG > > Judaism: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_washing_in_Judaism#mediaviewer/File:Ramban_Synagogue_IMG_0027.JPG > > I would like to tag it as amenity=ablution for a stand alone facility as > pictured above or ablution=yes if a toilet has facilities specifically > for performing ablution. > > -- > Best regards > Mishari Muqbil > Twitter: @mishari Skype: misharim Phone: +66 81 8240629 > EE32 64BD 7D1F 5946 > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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