Types of public bathrooms

In every rural area in any countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and India, there are still many people who find bathing in the open or half-bathroom closed, often with no roof at all. The bathroom is also often made outside the home, with water flowing from nature such as mountains, or water can also be placed in a large crock or a large tub. because not every house has a bathroom, so usually in the villages often found in public bathrooms this type. In circumstances like this, clean up or shower is no longer a private activity, but a communal activity. People sometimes use this opportunity to meet with neighbors and exchanged stories and gossip.

When Ali Sadikin became Governor of Jakarta or Indonesia's capital, he built a public bathroom facilities along the Ciliwung River. This facility was made in a wall that was built in several parts of the river to protect the people who use the river to bathe or wash, defecate, or wash clothes they use.