Dhobi wallahs, a man and a woman, hand washing clothes in the river, laundry laid out to air dry, Bhargabi River, Odisha, India, Asia

Traditional Indian professional hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, and laundryman hanging clothes to dry in Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, India

Domestic chores without modern electrical appliances - a woman washing up by hand using cold water from an outdoor tap. Street scene in Bhutan.

Indian hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, and laundrymen with traditional flogging stones to wash clothing at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, India

Man in lungi hanging sheets to dry at the Dhobi Khana, a rare old Tamil hand wash laundry, Veli, Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India, Asia

Indian hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, and laundrymen using traditional flogging stones to wash clothing at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, India

Traditional Indian professional hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India

Laundry on the steps of the Ghats by The Ganges River at Kali Ghat in City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Traditional Indian professional hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India

A Chinese woman washes laundry by hand on the steps into the Tuojiang River in Fenghuang, China.

Happy young couple on bed

Decorated house wall, Hampi, India