Sauna whisk

[[File:In de sauna. Slaan met berkentakken, Bestanddeelnr 920-4683.jpg|thumb|Women in a Finnish sauna with {{Lang|fi|vihta}}s, 1967, Finland<ref>{{Cite web|last=Koch|first=Eric|date=1967-07-05|title=Helsinkiläinen sauna|lang=nl|trans-title=In the Finnish sauna. Beating with birch branches|url=https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/fotocollectie/ab1e6406-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84 |website=National Archives of the Netherlands|hdl=10648/ab1e6406-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84|hdl-access=free|access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref>|alt=]]

A '''sauna whisk''' ({{langx|et|viht}}; {{langx|fi|vasta}} or {{lang|fi|vihta}}; {{langx|lv|pirtsslota}}; {{langx|lt|vanta}}; {{lang-rus|банный веник|p=ˈbanːɨj ˈvʲenʲɪk}}) or '''bath broom''' is a besom, or broom, used for bathing in saunas and Russian banyas.<ref name="SaunaWhisks1974"/><ref name="FordSauna1975"/><ref name="NYTimes1986"/>

==Gallery== {{Gallery | File:Vihtoja.jpg | Finnish birch {{Lang|fi|vihta}} | File:Ашан, Новосибирск 19.jpg | Sauna whisks in Russian store | File:LePrince Bain.jpg | Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, ''a public banya'' (1760s) | File:Kustodiev russian venus.jpg | Boris Kustodiyev, ''Russian Venus'' (1925–1926) }}

==References== {{Reflist |refs= <ref name="SaunaWhisks1974">{{cite news |last=Radcliffe |first=Robert C. |agency=National Geographic News Service |date=May 17, 1974 |title=Sauna Whisks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-suana-whisks-1974/136918284/ |work=The Sacramento Bee |place=Helsinki |publication-place=Sacramento |access-date=December 16, 2023 |quote=Finnish sauna bathers sometimes whip each other with water-soaked whisks of birch branches to stir up skin circulation and perfume the air with woodsy fragrance.}}</ref> <ref name="FordSauna1975">{{cite news |agency=United Press International |date=July 30, 1975 |title=Sauna Delights Ford; He Applies the Birches |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/30/archives/sauna-delights-ford-he-applies-the-birches.html |work=The New York Times |place=Helsinki |publication-place=New York City |access-date=December 19, 2023 |quote=President Ford, after beating himself with birch branches, pronounced his first Finnish sauna delightful.}}</ref> <ref name="NYTimes1986">{{cite news |last=Lohr |first=Steve |date=August 7, 1986 |title=The Finnish Way to Relax — at 200° |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/07/garden/the-finnish-way-to-relax-at-200-degrees.html |work=The New York Times |place=Helsinki |publication-place=New York City |access-date=December 16, 2023}}</ref> }}

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