Hi from Finland! Evey single thing in the video is accurate, it's a very well put together piece of how our Sauna culture works. I've been doing it since before I can remember, I love it. It just takes the stress of my bones and my muscles and let's me unwind in a manner that nothing else can provide. I'm big on it. Nice thing about bathing in a Sauna; every time I come out from a proper sauna session, I'm thinking to myself "have I ever been this clean before actually?" and this feeling repeats itself, every time. Your skin and hair just feels so soft, fresh and clean. It's almos like you peel of a layer from yourself.
TORILLE! This video didn't mention something culturally very important, especially if you wish to visit sauna: it's very common for people to be naked in there, also in mixed (both men and women) saunas. There are some comments of this already, but let's just make it as clear as possible. Back in the day when I was a tutor for my school's foreign students we had our first sauna event. One of our Chinese exchange students went in eagerly, but came out horrified: both men and women were naked! Of course we wanted to make it explicitly clear to everyone that if you have a problem with nudity, regardless of gender, you need to consider your participation. Of course it's possible to cover yourself with a towel, and it's not frowned upon, but I'd say it's more important for the patrons to be aware of the customs concerning nudity, to avoid any unwanted surprises. Löylyä lissää kiukaalle :)
@cinderellaandstepsisters maybe it's time for you to meet people outside your postal code. "Not true" is incorrect. I've done it plenty of times, with people around Finland. That would indicate it's not based on geographical setting. "As a rule" is also incorrect. Although there might be scheduled turns for businesses and, say, housing companies (which in these cases you are expected to follow), with who you go to sauna with is not reinforced in any way. "I am a finn" based on your post I believe is also incorrect.
@@ilkkaheikkinen4291 I still say you are wrong. Maybe it is you who should meet ppl outside your postal code. Read the other comments the other Finns made. They tell the same thing as I did.
@Passioakka That's a completely different scenario. I'm not talking about newly built houses. Older houses don't have saunas because that was seen as a luxury or simply unnecessary, unless a Finn lived there. They always build saunas in their homes.
@@SpookiCooki ok, but our village had a common sauna in the old days (both for "lögning" and drying) but it was not used in more modern times and became in bad shape so they teared it down in the 70s. Our house is now standing on that location. It was more common with a joint sauna in a village or one for yourself if you lived far aside, at least in my area.
Not really. Most flats I have lived in has had a common sauna, regardless of when they were built. And almost all of my relatives houses have had saunas. What you say might be true for southern Sweden, but not for the north.
Japan has a similar tradition called a sento. You sit in a bathtub and talk. To the Japanese everyone is the same in the bath because the fancy clothes, the marks of authority, even the hair comes down and you are bare. It’s a place to talk about the problems of the day or the latest political move in a very equal space where nobody has authority and you can talk freely. It’s a great place to understand the issues of the everyday people and what people are trying to do about it. A lot of solutions were found just by talking there.
@@yugioht42 We Finn's do it too in hot tub after sauna. This video only told about the sauna, but there is most of the times Palju/Kylpytynnyri= Hot tub in the summer cottage, where you can socialize and drink beer, while others run between the sauna and the lake.
@@juanitadiemer64 I mean, don't you swim in a pool with other people? the only difference is nobody's wearing a thin strip of fabric for the sole purpose of shielding your eyes from their flabby bits (bathing suits or underwear btw do nothing sanitation-wise in the water) and you scrub off before you enter the actual bath, it's not like Skidmark Joe is streaking up the seat next to you.
All and all finnish and japanese culture have a surprising amount of similarities. I ran into this when I got more deeply interested in japanese culture.
I’m originally from the U.S in Minnesota but come from Finnish heritage and it’s great having a Sauna by the lake then jumping in the lake or cutting a hole in the ice in the winter. It’s invigorating and a good a place to talk about life and emotions. Would love to also experience this in Finland!
I would LOVE to go there and experience a traditional sauna. That looks so refreshing to body and mind. Sending love to you and yours from Orlando Florida
I really appreciate how the video they watched emphasized the family aspect of it. I find when modesty cultures (not just islam but some parts of America too) see men and women steam bathing together like this they immediately jump to a sexual idea. But nudity is not sexual. You can see that going to the sauna and being with little kids and old men and whole families is a wholesome experience. I'm glad that was well conveyed. It makes very much sense that our two tribal guys wouldn't be able to jump straight into coed steam baths since that wasn't how they were raised, but I think it's very cool that they liked it enough to try to replicate it at home somehow. I don't know how common wood is where they are living but a sturdy tent and a nice wood stove will bring you most of the way to a sauna that can fit many people
Didn’t they say 9,000 years? 🤷🏻♂️ only Raeen and Sarru to exclaim “2000 years!!” The Hindi dub here does a huge disservice in terms of them actually learning truth and fact because it seems like it is altered for (I’m guessing) religious reasons or something similar.
I really hate these kind of low information documentaries that drag things out without providing the basic information needed to fully understand what they are talking about. Firstly, describe the physical layout of a sauna, the temperatures involved, etc. One woman blares n about her daughter starting out by sitting on the lowest bench. Nobody i the documentary before or after that statement bothers to even explain that there are stepped benches of varying heights, and that the lower ones will be cooler and the higher ones hotter. It is beautifully shot movie, but could have provided way more facts and context. They could have illustrated just how ingrained saunas are in Finland’s culture by mentioning that the country is estimated to have 3.3 million saunas for a population of 5.5 million people. That is about the same number of cars that exist in the country. By contrast, Sweden, where I grew up, has about 300 000 saunas for a population of 10 million, and the US, where I live, has roughly a million saunas for 335 million people. I do miss saunas, and if I ever win the lottery, my house will definitely have one.
I see you frustration, but look at it this way, this is just "an entry level" presenting one culture to another one without overwhelming it with too much statistics and data as well as details on the procedures.
@@antondzajajurca7797 Saunas generally have 3 tiered benches. Saunas traditionally range in temperature between 60° and 90° C, with higher temperatures at the higher benches. Saunas are heated by a furnace, and have hot rocks which you can optionally scoop water on to create steam, as desired. Saunas are usually entered completely naked. In public or communal saunas men and women usually take turns using it, unless they have two completely separate ones. In private saunas, the whole family generally enter together, all naked. I hardly believe that is too much data for a person to handle. In addition, presenting this data first, will provide context that makes absorbing and understanding the information in the rest of the video easier, so it actually makes it LESS overwhelming.
There was a talk about the temperature when the guy said that you go from 100°C to say -20°C into winter outside and how it feels. I still get the point. It was more like going into what sauna means to finnish people rather than first explaining with a bit more detail what it even excatly is and scope of it. As a finn it ofc didn't bother me, but I did also notice that the shots did not give out as much of info as I think the makers tought they would about the process. There was not even a shot after starting the wood burning of cutting to like seeing the flames going and panning up so you see how tall the kiuas is before there is the rocks on top (so you quickly get that the rocks are heated). Those kinda simple shots would have done a lot to correct the method portion. Info you kinda have to give, sure there was some, but it was quite scattered and really not the Most informative. Like sure it was mentioned that in their cottage had sauna and no electricity to contrast the city sauna/life, but to someone not in know does not get that almost all that's not a one person apartment, there usually is an electric sauna (like in an apartment complex. Also one communal you can "rent" most likely for free or for couple euros for an hour).
@@aleksisuuronen5969 Yeah, it was nice documentary, but it definitely prioritized documenting atmosphere and mood more than it did facts. Also, I miss saunas, and even growing up as child in Sweden, where they are far more available than in the US, I envied you Finns. It is such an everyday luxury.
As someone from Finland... if I could, I would go to sauna every day, now in my 40es. :D So relaxing. So purifying. So good for the hair, skin, heart and the peace of mind! And the vihta
My summer cottage has an 80-year-old wooden sauna by the lake. A great experience all summer and also relaxing in cold winter weather. I have a small apartment in the city and still have an electric sauna. A wood sauna is of course better than an electric sauna, but I would never move into an apartment without a sauna. Best pastime in cold weather and also in summer. Sauna for me is not related to washing in any way, it is just a way to relax and reward myself after a hard week
I was surprised to see a video about Finland. A nice choice! Maybe the documentary could've been a bit more informative but it was alright. Greetings from Helsinki, Finland! ❤
The similarities of the two cultures are interesting, theres a group in america called the ""findians" its a mix of Finns and native Americans. But saunas and sweat lodges are pretty different, saunas are very hot and people don't stay in them for very long time, atleast in Finland and sweat lodges aren't very hot and people stay there for a long time. Atleast I've read that, I've never been in a sweat lodge.
There are also other common things between native americans and the sami of northern Finland: teepee/kota, songs/joikus (yoiks), nature deities, trance drumming and other shaman rituals. So there most likely was some common culture base at one point somewhere in Asia 20-30 000 years ago.
I am from the USA and we have some saunas here, but it is usually at a shared place like a gym or a luxury. It’s wonderful! But we have separate ones for male and female or whatever the rules are, are clear before you go, for example you must bring towels to sit on, whether you can be naked or wear a wrap, etc. it’s very cleansing and healthy! You have to shower to rinse off after usually. 😊
From my understanding some places do allow mixed gender, but not naked. This is based on what my cousins friends shared from when they visited USA, but maybe things have changed. There's also a funny story related to them visiting (funny to finnish people at least lol). The two friends went to a mixed sauna and brought a "vihta" (a bundle of small birch tree branches) and they started whipping each other like you're supposed to do in a sauna, but one woman left horrified and came back with a security guard saying they're abusing each other lmao. I can understand that finnish sauna culture isn't well known by everyone, but I do find it funny how this lady got upset at finnish people doing what is part of their culture in a sauna, which is also finnish and she didn't fully understand the thing she was taking part in and got mad at the people from the place that sauna is from, doing it the "right" way (not that it's not right, if you don't use a vihta, but it's a thing many do).
@@GugureSux Some American saunas are mixed gender and or nude. Most of the same gender ones are “nude” but some people will wear a wrap or towel or something else. There are places were you can go into the sauna and then a natural pool, shower, repeat, it’s so nice. Maybe not very hot compared to Finland. And I haven’t seen the branches used.
We usually go to the sauna naked, so we can be to clean ourselves properly. Men and women usually go separately. Usually everyone goes naked among the family, but when the children reach puberty, the girls usually go with their mothers and the boys with their fathers. Personally, I like a sauna at 60 degrees celsius and I throw a löyly to the stones, which provides additional heat and humidity, which makes me sweat better. Foren culture guest does not have to go naked in the sauna, they can put a towel around them. Before the sauna, you must wash yourself so that dirt on your skin does not stick to the boards. Otherwise, a seat cover is used in the sauna for the sake of cleanliness. We hit the skin with birch branches (softly or hard, up to you) to soften the muscles and improve blood circulation.
@mattilatvala4164 I like about 60-65 so i can trow löyly and that way get more warm and moist. My skin doesn't burn. Some like 100, but that is to much for me.
"People regret everything they do", oh yes, everything they don't is something I'd like to add too. Sauna (wood-heated or charcoal sauna (smokesauna)) is very relaxing experience. At best it might offset the heat in some countries if it comes on too strong.
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The sauna is a deeply important part of Finnish life. Even as lately as a hundred years ago women would give birth in the sauna and also the bodies of the dead would be washed in the sauna before burial - from the very beginning to the very end, with numerous visits in between! It is a place where the gentle heat and calm purifies not only the body but the mind as well. No loud noises, no chaos, just pure relaxation. In accordance to good sauna etiquette, one never shouts or starts bickering with others. Even when getting blind drunk with your mates at the cottage nobody really causes a scene in the sauna. You could say that it is sacred to Finns. Slipping into a bed with pristine clean sheets after a good sauna session is one of the most luxurious feelings you'll ever have. I hope you someday get to experience it yourself!
Taking a sauna bath is very nice! We have one in our house but we mostly use it in winter. In summer we go to the river and take wet baths.I can not have the sauna to warm due to breathing issues but enought to get a good feeling in my body and it takes the pain and stress away for some time, really good for hard workes with muscle pain or elders (like me) with an old and worn-out body. It is really a pretty common culture, native americans have their sweat lodge for cleaning both body and mind, we have the turkish haman, the romans had saunas and also the greeks and inuis. In Asia, like Korea and Japan, are sauna baths taken and the Aztecs had their temascal. Native Australians have sweat lodges and there is also one kind in Sudan. I think it is something we share since thousand of years ago. I wish Babu a good recovery from his eye surgery! Love from Sweden!
Sauna culture is not just the sauna itself. It is coming together as equal individuals, without shame, guilt or expectations. Mixed saunas for finns is very normal thing as well, since it is meant to strengthen the trust between individuals (as in not being a dick and harassing in sauna, which is grave sin and you would be cursed by the door goddess.)
The best way I could describe "saunominen" is therapy for your physical and psychological health. You vent all the negativity out by sweating. It's impossible to put into words accurately; you need to experience it. The feeling is like no other. It's also been scientifically proven to be good for you.
I have only met one person from Finland, so because of my lack of knowledge, I Googled to see if it's customary to take "sauna baths" completely undressed. It appears that's the case, even with strangers. That would take a lot of getting used to, but because they're entrenched into that practice, it isn't a big deal compared to those of us outside of Finland, and especially from countries where women are not supposed to be in the same room with men, and more especially when they are modestly dressed.
I read about north american indians having a traditional steam bath. all the quarrels were forgotten and just talking and laughing while having a steam bath
Well, in many Indic languages, /au/ becomes [o] and /ai/ becomes [e] (Sanskrit being the most famous example), so all of their underlying diphthongs become monophthongs in practice.
Common misconception. Saunas actually see outright MORE use during summer time. It used to be the "poor man's pharmacy", great for getting rid of fleas and muscle ache.
@GugureSux that is true but I was thinking how hard bathing would be in the freezing conditions, completely impossible. People did not need to bathe as much in the winter it was summer when all sorts of sweaty planting and tilling and harvesting was done, so I am sure they saunaed more in the summer.
By definition it is "strange" to the people in the conversation. Unknown, foreign, strange. There's a literal difference between "strange" and "weird", which is what you assumed they meant.
We have saunas only for womens and mans only,no need mix 😄 I have go only for womens where is only womens ,but there is choice also to go where is mans and womens mixed
I know India is big, but I did find a Sauna in India here: C-33, Basement, DDA Sheds, Pocket A, Okhla Phase I, Okhla Industrial Estate, South Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110020, India. Called Hamam Solutions | Sauna Bath in Delhi INDIA| Steam Bath. हमाम सॉल्यूशंस
I've never seen anyone get laughed at for wearing a towel, but swimwear is not allowed. Of course many don't care about that rule, id they're in their personal sauna and not a public one. Maybe you're just in a very particular crowd of people who act that way...
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Hello from the US! I love Finland for the forest and sauna, and how clean, natural and respectful everything seems. It’s a beautiful place!
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Hi from Finland! Evey single thing in the video is accurate, it's a very well put together piece of how our Sauna culture works. I've been doing it since before I can remember, I love it. It just takes the stress of my bones and my muscles and let's me unwind in a manner that nothing else can provide. I'm big on it. Nice thing about bathing in a Sauna; every time I come out from a proper sauna session, I'm thinking to myself "have I ever been this clean before actually?" and this feeling repeats itself, every time. Your skin and hair just feels so soft, fresh and clean. It's almos like you peel of a layer from yourself.
@MarkoL1977it's not good enough, you deserve sauna
@MarkoL1977plenty of public saunas in finland also 😁
Almost every single thing was accurate... I've never seen a Finn wear a towel or a swimming suit in sauna.
@@ronya_s Probably for youtube.
TORILLE! This video didn't mention something culturally very important, especially if you wish to visit sauna: it's very common for people to be naked in there, also in mixed (both men and women) saunas. There are some comments of this already, but let's just make it as clear as possible.
Back in the day when I was a tutor for my school's foreign students we had our first sauna event. One of our Chinese exchange students went in eagerly, but came out horrified: both men and women were naked! Of course we wanted to make it explicitly clear to everyone that if you have a problem with nudity, regardless of gender, you need to consider your participation.
Of course it's possible to cover yourself with a towel, and it's not frowned upon, but I'd say it's more important for the patrons to be aware of the customs concerning nudity, to avoid any unwanted surprises.
Löylyä lissää kiukaalle :)
Not true. I am a finn and nobody I know never goes to the sauna with another sex. As a rule there are different sauna shifts for men and women.
@cinderellaandstepsisters maybe it's time for you to meet people outside your postal code.
"Not true" is incorrect. I've done it plenty of times, with people around Finland. That would indicate it's not based on geographical setting.
"As a rule" is also incorrect. Although there might be scheduled turns for businesses and, say, housing companies (which in these cases you are expected to follow), with who you go to sauna with is not reinforced in any way.
"I am a finn" based on your post I believe is also incorrect.
@@ilkkaheikkinen4291 I still say you are wrong. Maybe it is you who should meet ppl outside your postal code.
Read the other comments the other Finns made. They tell the same thing as I did.
Funny thing is, if a house in Sweden has a sauna in it you KNOW a Finn used to live there. 😂
Not really true...we built this house and we have a sauna, non of us are Finnish. Sorry, we have some heritage...about 300-400 yrs ago. 😉
@Passioakka That's a completely different scenario. I'm not talking about newly built houses. Older houses don't have saunas because that was seen as a luxury or simply unnecessary, unless a Finn lived there. They always build saunas in their homes.
@@SpookiCooki ok, but our village had a common sauna in the old days (both for "lögning" and drying) but it was not used in more modern times and became in bad shape so they teared it down in the 70s. Our house is now standing on that location. It was more common with a joint sauna in a village or one for yourself if you lived far aside, at least in my area.
Not really.
Most flats I have lived in has had a common sauna, regardless of when they were built. And almost all of my relatives houses have had saunas.
What you say might be true for southern Sweden, but not for the north.
Yes, because the Sweedes have bastu.
Japan has a similar tradition called a sento. You sit in a bathtub and talk. To the Japanese everyone is the same in the bath because the fancy clothes, the marks of authority, even the hair comes down and you are bare. It’s a place to talk about the problems of the day or the latest political move in a very equal space where nobody has authority and you can talk freely. It’s a great place to understand the issues of the everyday people and what people are trying to do about it. A lot of solutions were found just by talking there.
I would NEVER sit in a bathtub with other people 🤮🤮
@@yugioht42 We Finn's do it too in hot tub after sauna. This video only told about the sauna, but there is most of the times Palju/Kylpytynnyri= Hot tub in the summer cottage, where you can socialize and drink beer, while others run between the sauna and the lake.
@@juanitadiemer64 I mean, don't you swim in a pool with other people? the only difference is nobody's wearing a thin strip of fabric for the sole purpose of shielding your eyes from their flabby bits (bathing suits or underwear btw do nothing sanitation-wise in the water) and you scrub off before you enter the actual bath, it's not like Skidmark Joe is streaking up the seat next to you.
All and all finnish and japanese culture have a surprising amount of similarities. I ran into this when I got more deeply interested in japanese culture.
Finland have Sento too.
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I’m originally from the U.S in Minnesota but come from Finnish heritage and it’s great having a Sauna by the lake then jumping in the lake or cutting a hole in the ice in the winter. It’s invigorating and a good a place to talk about life and emotions. Would love to also experience this in Finland!
I recommend it.😊
If that is your real name, 'järvi' means a lake in Finnish. Just in case no-one ever told you.
@@mikitz haha yes I knew that! Love being by the lake!
I would LOVE to go there and experience a traditional sauna. That looks so refreshing to body and mind.
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I really appreciate how the video they watched emphasized the family aspect of it. I find when modesty cultures (not just islam but some parts of America too) see men and women steam bathing together like this they immediately jump to a sexual idea. But nudity is not sexual. You can see that going to the sauna and being with little kids and old men and whole families is a wholesome experience. I'm glad that was well conveyed.
It makes very much sense that our two tribal guys wouldn't be able to jump straight into coed steam baths since that wasn't how they were raised, but I think it's very cool that they liked it enough to try to replicate it at home somehow. I don't know how common wood is where they are living but a sturdy tent and a nice wood stove will bring you most of the way to a sauna that can fit many people
Really smart kids in sauna there in Finland!
Sauna is around +75°C and above.
Didn’t they say 9,000 years? 🤷🏻♂️ only Raeen and Sarru to exclaim “2000 years!!” The Hindi dub here does a huge disservice in terms of them actually learning truth and fact because it seems like it is altered for (I’m guessing) religious reasons or something similar.
I don't think any major branches of Islam or Hinduism teach that the earth some set number of years old like some Christians say its 6k years old.
@@Saunajallu and thats only creationists
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I really hate these kind of low information documentaries that drag things out without providing the basic information needed to fully understand what they are talking about. Firstly, describe the physical layout of a sauna, the temperatures involved, etc. One woman blares n about her daughter starting out by sitting on the lowest bench. Nobody i the documentary before or after that statement bothers to even explain that there are stepped benches of varying heights, and that the lower ones will be cooler and the higher ones hotter. It is beautifully shot movie, but could have provided way more facts and context. They could have illustrated just how ingrained saunas are in Finland’s culture by mentioning that the country is estimated to have 3.3 million saunas for a population of 5.5 million people. That is about the same number of cars that exist in the country. By contrast, Sweden, where I grew up, has about 300 000 saunas for a population of 10 million, and the US, where I live, has roughly a million saunas for 335 million people. I do miss saunas, and if I ever win the lottery, my house will definitely have one.
I see you frustration, but look at it this way, this is just "an entry level" presenting one culture to another one without overwhelming it with too much statistics and data as well as details on the procedures.
@@antondzajajurca7797 Saunas generally have 3 tiered benches. Saunas traditionally range in temperature between 60° and 90° C, with higher temperatures at the higher benches. Saunas are heated by a furnace, and have hot rocks which you can optionally scoop water on to create steam, as desired. Saunas are usually entered completely naked. In public or communal saunas men and women usually take turns using it, unless they have two completely separate ones. In private saunas, the whole family generally enter together, all naked.
I hardly believe that is too much data for a person to handle. In addition, presenting this data first, will provide context that makes absorbing and understanding the information in the rest of the video easier, so it actually makes it LESS overwhelming.
There was a talk about the temperature when the guy said that you go from 100°C to say -20°C into winter outside and how it feels.
I still get the point. It was more like going into what sauna means to finnish people rather than first explaining with a bit more detail what it even excatly is and scope of it. As a finn it ofc didn't bother me, but I did also notice that the shots did not give out as much of info as I think the makers tought they would about the process. There was not even a shot after starting the wood burning of cutting to like seeing the flames going and panning up so you see how tall the kiuas is before there is the rocks on top (so you quickly get that the rocks are heated). Those kinda simple shots would have done a lot to correct the method portion. Info you kinda have to give, sure there was some, but it was quite scattered and really not the Most informative. Like sure it was mentioned that in their cottage had sauna and no electricity to contrast the city sauna/life, but to someone not in know does not get that almost all that's not a one person apartment, there usually is an electric sauna (like in an apartment complex. Also one communal you can "rent" most likely for free or for couple euros for an hour).
@@aleksisuuronen5969 Yeah, it was nice documentary, but it definitely prioritized documenting atmosphere and mood more than it did facts. Also, I miss saunas, and even growing up as child in Sweden, where they are far more available than in the US, I envied you Finns. It is such an everyday luxury.
These type of video reactions are the best one - presenting one culture habits to another.
get these guys in a sauna!
As someone from Finland... if I could, I would go to sauna every day, now in my 40es. :D So relaxing. So purifying. So good for the hair, skin, heart and the peace of mind! And the vihta
My summer cottage has an 80-year-old wooden sauna by the lake. A great experience all summer and also relaxing in cold winter weather. I have a small apartment in the city and still have an electric sauna. A wood sauna is of course better than an electric sauna, but I would never move into an apartment without a sauna. Best pastime in cold weather and also in summer. Sauna for me is not related to washing in any way, it is just a way to relax and reward myself after a hard week
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I was surprised to see a video about Finland. A nice choice! Maybe the documentary could've been a bit more informative but it was alright. Greetings from Helsinki, Finland! ❤
The Native Americans also practice this under the form of sweat lodge. Usually an elder leads the ceremony.
The similarities of the two cultures are interesting, theres a group in america called the ""findians" its a mix of Finns and native Americans. But saunas and sweat lodges are pretty different, saunas are very hot and people don't stay in them for very long time, atleast in Finland and sweat lodges aren't very hot and people stay there for a long time. Atleast I've read that, I've never been in a sweat lodge.
And us Finns have a shared ancestry with them. Finnish DNA is mostly "Siberian".
There are also other common things between native americans and the sami of northern Finland: teepee/kota, songs/joikus (yoiks), nature deities, trance drumming and other shaman rituals. So there most likely was some common culture base at one point somewhere in Asia 20-30 000 years ago.
@@66hss I wish there were more places to practice these ancient things, under qualified supervision (not New Age hocuspocus).
@@pippastin Not "mostly" but just few %. About 2-6 % is "Siberian" DNA in Finns. Almost all is typical European.
I am from the USA and we have some saunas here, but it is usually at a shared place like a gym or a luxury. It’s wonderful! But we have separate ones for male and female or whatever the rules are, are clear before you go, for example you must bring towels to sit on, whether you can be naked or wear a wrap, etc. it’s very cleansing and healthy! You have to shower to rinse off after usually. 😊
From my understanding some places do allow mixed gender, but not naked. This is based on what my cousins friends shared from when they visited USA, but maybe things have changed.
There's also a funny story related to them visiting (funny to finnish people at least lol). The two friends went to a mixed sauna and brought a "vihta" (a bundle of small birch tree branches) and they started whipping each other like you're supposed to do in a sauna, but one woman left horrified and came back with a security guard saying they're abusing each other lmao. I can understand that finnish sauna culture isn't well known by everyone, but I do find it funny how this lady got upset at finnish people doing what is part of their culture in a sauna, which is also finnish and she didn't fully understand the thing she was taking part in and got mad at the people from the place that sauna is from, doing it the "right" way (not that it's not right, if you don't use a vihta, but it's a thing many do).
American saunas are way too cold for the Finns. And that nakey-phobia is just silly.
@@ellem8990 That’s definitely funny!
@@GugureSux Some American saunas are mixed gender and or nude. Most of the same gender ones are “nude” but some people will wear a wrap or towel or something else. There are places were you can go into the sauna and then a natural pool, shower, repeat, it’s so nice. Maybe not very hot compared to Finland. And I haven’t seen the branches used.
@@GugureSux Sounds like American saunas are like American beer - barely passes as one.
We usually go to the sauna naked, so we can be to clean ourselves properly. Men and women usually go separately. Usually everyone goes naked among the family, but when the children reach puberty, the girls usually go with their mothers and the boys with their fathers. Personally, I like a sauna at 60 degrees celsius and I throw a löyly to the stones, which provides additional heat and humidity, which makes me sweat better. Foren culture guest does not have to go naked in the sauna, they can put a towel around them. Before the sauna, you must wash yourself so that dirt on your skin does not stick to the boards. Otherwise, a seat cover is used in the sauna for the sake of cleanliness. We hit the skin with birch branches (softly or hard, up to you) to soften the muscles and improve blood circulation.
Only 60? 🤔🙄🙂
@mattilatvala4164 I like about 60-65 so i can trow löyly and that way get more warm and moist. My skin doesn't burn. Some like 100, but that is to much for me.
Greetings from Finland 🎉
"People regret everything they do", oh yes, everything they don't is something I'd like to add too. Sauna (wood-heated or charcoal sauna (smokesauna)) is very relaxing experience. At best it might offset the heat in some countries if it comes on too strong.
Jaha! Now I want to the sauna..
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I want to see them building their own sauna.
Finland has more saunas than cars :)
It does not. We have ~3 mil saunas, but 10+ million cars.
In a country with 5.5 mil people.
No one can explain Sauna or show it on video. You have to experiense it. It's magic. It's life.
The sauna is a deeply important part of Finnish life. Even as lately as a hundred years ago women would give birth in the sauna and also the bodies of the dead would be washed in the sauna before burial - from the very beginning to the very end, with numerous visits in between!
It is a place where the gentle heat and calm purifies not only the body but the mind as well. No loud noises, no chaos, just pure relaxation. In accordance to good sauna etiquette, one never shouts or starts bickering with others. Even when getting blind drunk with your mates at the cottage nobody really causes a scene in the sauna. You could say that it is sacred to Finns.
Slipping into a bed with pristine clean sheets after a good sauna session is one of the most luxurious feelings you'll ever have.
I hope you someday get to experience it yourself!
Hello from Finland \o/ please try sauna
Taking a sauna bath is very nice! We have one in our house but we mostly use it in winter. In summer we go to the river and take wet baths.I can not have the sauna to warm due to breathing issues but enought to get a good feeling in my body and it takes the pain and stress away for some time, really good for hard workes with muscle pain or elders (like me) with an old and worn-out body. It is really a pretty common culture, native americans have their sweat lodge for cleaning both body and mind, we have the turkish haman, the romans had saunas and also the greeks and inuis. In Asia, like Korea and Japan, are sauna baths taken and the Aztecs had their temascal. Native Australians have sweat lodges and there is also one kind in Sudan. I think it is something we share since thousand of years ago.
I wish Babu a good recovery from his eye surgery! Love from Sweden!
I love this video and channel
Sauna culture is not just the sauna itself. It is coming together as equal individuals, without shame, guilt or expectations. Mixed saunas for finns is very normal thing as well, since it is meant to strengthen the trust between individuals (as in not being a dick and harassing in sauna, which is grave sin and you would be cursed by the door goddess.)
Tomorrow is my sauna day!
Hello from Norway🇧🇻
If you ever visit Finland in the future, please get i contact, I will give this experience to you!
Fun fact Finland has as many cars as there is saunas
Not just common, de rigueur. All persons in a sauna must be naked.
The best way I could describe "saunominen" is therapy for your physical and psychological health. You vent all the negativity out by sweating. It's impossible to put into words accurately; you need to experience it. The feeling is like no other. It's also been scientifically proven to be good for you.
I have only met one person from Finland, so because of my lack of knowledge, I Googled to see if it's customary to take "sauna baths" completely undressed. It appears that's the case, even with strangers. That would take a lot of getting used to, but because they're entrenched into that practice, it isn't a big deal compared to those of us outside of Finland, and especially from countries where women are not supposed to be in the same room with men, and more especially when they are modestly dressed.
good to see raeen back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch also Native American Sweat Lodge.
Natives called Finns "sweat lodge men" in some part of US, I think.
Welcome to Finland! Finnish sauna is taken nude, so its okay to just go with the same gender :)
I go every other day.
TORILLA TAVATAAN!
SONA? S O N A? Finland has only given one word to the world. How hard it is to say Sauna? xD
Nokia?
@@si_vis_amari_ama That is a brand name. Nokia to mobile telephone is like Harvia to sauna.
Ahkio.
well that is not to whole world, only to US military.
@@AICompost It is a town name.
@@AICompost Fiskars. Excellent product. All my bladed tools are Fiskars. "I will just prune this tree with my Fiskars".
I read about north american indians having a traditional steam bath. all the quarrels were forgotten and just talking and laughing while having a steam bath
Sarru look solder now
Finland mentioned, go to the market square! TORILLE!
It's not "soona". Americans say soona because they don't know how to pronounce things correctly.
Well, in many Indic languages, /au/ becomes [o] and /ai/ becomes [e] (Sanskrit being the most famous example), so all of their underlying diphthongs become monophthongs in practice.
@@SiKedek He didn't even try. He told them "soona". They can hear the correct way in the video.
I'm surethey would get it right in no time.
What really sucks is how most Finns mispronounce the only Finnish loan word in the English language.
Aren't parts of India a sauna for many months of the year? I think the gentlemen would be comfortable with hot and sweaty!
Everything is frozen, it is the only way to wash in the winter without modern amenities.
Common misconception. Saunas actually see outright MORE use during summer time. It used to be the "poor man's pharmacy", great for getting rid of fleas and muscle ache.
@GugureSux that is true but I was thinking how hard bathing would be in the freezing conditions, completely impossible. People did not need to bathe as much in the winter it was summer when all sorts of sweaty planting and tilling and harvesting was done, so I am sure they saunaed more in the summer.
Diger didn't ate my family and I love sauna (pronunciation: SAUNA not soona) :)
We have sauna here in norway too but not same culture its whery hot inside a sauna but great
Suomi mainittu
0:20 Hey it's not strange culture. Greetings from Finland.
I bet he said "strange" to say "different".
Dude, let's face it - we're the weird ones, not the rest of the world.
@@mikitzEveryone is weird, whole human species is weird. End of story.
By definition it is "strange" to the people in the conversation. Unknown, foreign, strange. There's a literal difference between "strange" and "weird", which is what you assumed they meant.
Perkele
Torille!
i was sure something similar existed in some indian culture or something at least close to india
We have saunas only for womens and mans only,no need mix 😄
I have go only for womens where is only womens ,but there is choice also to go where is mans and womens mixed
I know India is big, but I did find a Sauna in India here: C-33, Basement, DDA Sheds, Pocket A, Okhla Phase I, Okhla Industrial Estate, South Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110020, India. Called Hamam Solutions | Sauna Bath in Delhi INDIA| Steam Bath. हमाम सॉल्यूशंस
i'm surprised indians don't have anything like it.
like even native americans have swetlodges
We’re is babu why is he not there just wondering ❤️🙏
He has undergone with cataract surgery
@@CommonManShowwishing him well !❤
Cynical comment, they don't even think about nakedness and stuff. Keep that in mind.
Everyone should be naked. In public saunas you are laughed upon if you wear even a towel.
I've never seen anyone get laughed at for wearing a towel, but swimwear is not allowed. Of course many don't care about that rule, id they're in their personal sauna and not a public one. Maybe you're just in a very particular crowd of people who act that way...
Yet certain famous bath house in the Northern part of Finland banned all naked saunas a few years ago. Just to appeal to the Western tourists.
Sauna is not a bath.. maybe a mistranslation?
No sona more like pronounced Zauna = Sauna..
Notice how the human body is not sexualized.
Sona or Sauna?
Sauna not soona.SAUNA
@@jarnovalta3201 sitähä minäki
Just don't teach anyone the old culture of taking someone behind the sauna.
Map? World globe?
I am from Finland. That video sucked. It did not bring sauna culture up at all. Looked like some cotton soft version.
Now this guys need to see russian banuya.
Calm down Igor.
Nobody cares.
...or even turkish sauna :D
chill koht alkaa kylmä sota part 2@@suomenpresidentti
hmm, since when do suomi represent everyone's opinion?@@suomenpresidentti