At the designated times for men and women, each performs a ritual ablution at one of Baghdad's many public bathhouses.

在指定的时间，男人和女人都要在巴格达众多公共澡堂之一进行洗礼。

The evening had come, it was time to perform the evening's ablution.

傍晚来了，是时候进行晚间沐浴了。

Elephants were bathing in the waters of the sacred river, and groups of Indians, despite the advanced season and chilly air, were performing solemnly their pious ablutions.

几只大象和一些单峰的骆驼正在圣河里洗澡，虽然只是初秋，天气已相当寒冷，却还有成群的男女在恒河里虔诚地领受圣洗。