Dadeumi
Sign in to saveDadeumi () or dadeumijil () is a Korean traditional ironing method where two women kneel on the floor, facing each other across a smoothing stone, and beat a rhythm on the cloth using a wooden bat to press out its wrinkles and soften it. Dadeumi requires dadeumitbangmangi (), a bat that pounds on the cloth, and dadeumitdol (다듬잇돌), the stone under the cloth. The bat may also be called hongdukkae (홍두깨). Dadeumi is used to iron thin cloth, such as ramie fabric () or silk.
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Dadeumi () or dadeumijil () is a Korean traditional ironing method where two women kneel on the floor, facing each other across a smoothing stone, and beat a rhythm on the cloth using a wooden bat to press out its wrinkles and soften it. Dadeumi requires dadeumitbangmangi (), a bat that pounds on the cloth, and dadeumitdol (다듬잇돌), the stone under the cloth. The bat may also be called hongdukkae (홍두깨). Dadeumi is used to iron thin cloth, such as ramie fabric () or silk.
Similar practices also existed elsewhere in Asia, including in Japan, where it is known as ''.