The "washer man", is a man whose job consist in washing by hand and ironing other people's clothes for a few rupees (local currency) It is, like almost all jobs in India, an inherited profession from father to son.
La mayoría de ellos no trabajan en sus casas sino que llevan las ropas al río con la ayuda de un burro para lavarlas aunque hoy en día muchos tienen una motocicleta :) Luego tienen un puesto ambulante con ruedas para facilitar el desplazamiento y se colocan en algún callejón o costado del camino. Suelen tener muchos clientes.
Most of them don´t work at home. They carry the clothes with the help of a donkey to the river for washing them even nowadays some of them have motorclycles too. Then they have peddler with a table with wheels for easy movement and they can be placed in any alley or roadside. They usually have many customers.
Para planchar utilizan las antiguas planchas de hierro calentadas con carbón.
For doing their job they use the ancient board iron plates heated with coal.
Hay que tomar la precaución de no darles ropas delicadas ya que por lo general la lavan en el río y la cuelgan para secar en lugares inesperados (para nosotros). ¡Que no los sorprenda encontrar su ropa tendida en algún alambrado cercano o sujeta con perchas frente a un negocio cualquiera! :)
We must take care not to give them delicate clothes because usually they washes them in the river and hung them to dry in unexpected places (for us). You should not be surprised to find your clothes hanging somewhere nearby or attached with wire hangers against any other shop! :)
Most of them don´t work at home. They carry the clothes with the help of a donkey to the river for washing them even nowadays some of them have motorclycles too. Then they have peddler with a table with wheels for easy movement and they can be placed in any alley or roadside. They usually have many customers.
For doing their job they use the ancient board iron plates heated with coal.
We must take care not to give them delicate clothes because usually they washes them in the river and hung them to dry in unexpected places (for us). You should not be surprised to find your clothes hanging somewhere nearby or attached with wire hangers against any other shop! :)
Indian washer men known as DHOBI are still maintaining their traditional business. Now some are doing it in a better working conditions and slowly they are adopting modern technology.
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