Typical Washing Area

This is a picture of a typical washing area. The big piece in the center is a "pila" and every house had at least one. You put your clean water in the center basin, one wing dirty and other wing clean. Some had several pilas. It was where all the washing was done from food to dishes to kids. In the two houses I worked in this was the first area you came into when entering the house area. I say area because the houses I worked in were more like small componunds with several families living in each. - Roy