sweat lodge

British  

noun

1. (among native North American peoples) a structure in which water is poured onto hot stones to make the occupants sweat for religious or medicinal purposes

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sweat lodge

During our interview, he chokes up remembering Shorty Stone, one of his closest friends, who as a member of the Paiute tribe introduced Searles to the healing and clarity he found in the sweat lodge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

Tribes also use the river’s water and rocks for rituals such as sweat lodge purification ceremonies, held in low, dome-shaped structures where river rocks are heated along with herbal medicine.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

After Ku and his family stepped into the sweat lodge, I sat outside and listened as they sang a traditional Navajo song.

From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021

They saved just as many through the millennia of inherited wisdom: drum circles, tobacco ceremonies, the dark, humid honesty of praying in a sweat lodge to balance their bodies, souls and minds.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2021

There he immediately built a fire and heated stones for the first sweat lodge.

From Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Edwin Willard Deming