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A unique feature of Mumbai, the dhobi is a traditional
laundryman, who will collect your dirty linen, wash it,
and return it neatly pressed to your doorstep. All for
a pittance. The "laundries" are called "ghats": row upon
row of concrete wash pens, each fitted with its own flogging
stone. The clothes are soaked in sudsy water, thrashed
on the flogging stones, then tossed into huge vats of
boiling starch and hung out to dry. Next they are ironed
and piled into neat bundles. The most famous of these
Dhobi Ghats is at Saat Rasta near Mahalaxmi Station where
almost two hundred dhobis and their families work together
in what has always been a hereditary occupation.
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