| Many toilet stalls may be furnished with toilet paper , but it's traditionally used not to wipe but to dry your bum and hand after the splashing. Some older plumbing is not able to deal with wads of soggy toilet paper and will jam and overflow if much toilet paper is flushed into it. A waste bin is placed near the toilet and users are asked to put used toilet paper into the bin instead. This is fine if the paper is used only for drying, but unsanitary if the paper is used for wiping |
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You may also see the older, flat "elephant's feet" type on which you squat rather than sit. To squat on a flat toilet may seem scary at first, but it's actually quite hygienic once you get used to it (if ever), because only your feet touch the toilet. It also puts you in what doctors might call an "anatomically correct" position for the swift and easy completion of the business at hand. Although you'll see more of these flat toilets in public toilets and in the less developed regions of the country, both styles of toilet are used by the local population, so even new buildings will have flat toilets installed along with the commodes. Both types of toilet have a spigot and/or a container of water for washing the left hand after use, because the bare left hand, not toilet paper, is traditionally used to splash water on the bum to cleanse it. In the second photo to the right, note the small pipe and valve to the left of the commode. These provide water to the small white nozzle at the back of the bowl for washing the left hand after it has been used for splashing and wiping the bum. So ..
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