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2014.11.19

How to purify yourself at Temizuya

First ,hold the ladle with your right hand and scoop up a ladleful of water and rince your left hand by pouring water over it.Secondly, hold the ladle with your left hand and and rince your right hand by pouring some water over it .Next,hold the ladle with your right hand and pour some water into the cup of your left hand and rince your mouth with it.You must be careful not to gargle with the water or drink it.Then rince your left hand again by pouring some water over it..Lastly, you should clean the handle of the ladle with all the remaining water by holding the cup upwards and the handle downwards. This is the purification of the ladle. Then,you should put it back where it was.