How to clean ourselves before we pray at the temple?

※This article was published at May 2015.※

In some religions like Shinto, Buddha, or Muslim.
Before they pray, they have to clean and purify themselves.
So, today a good friend of mine name will teach us how to clean ourselves before we pray at the temple.

First you have to do is you have to find the water fountain.
Like the picture below.

You take the spoon like stick made of bamboo. 
Take it with your right hand like this.
  

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Then you scoop the water from the fountain.

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After you scoop the water pour it to your left hand.
Like this...

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Then do the same thing to your right hand.
Pour the water to your right hand.

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And then, you pour the water to your left hand and you have to drink the water from your palm.

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After you drink the water from your left palm. 
Automatically your left palm, your pal touches your mouth right? 
And that why you have to pour and wash your left hand one more time.

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And after you pour your left hand once more, then you wash your to hand by putting the stick at a vertical position. 
Like this...
 
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And then put the stick back at it’s first position with the scoop facing down.

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And that’s it! 
So next time you know how is the right way to clean ourselves before we pray at the temple right?

Good...now lets try it! :)

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