| The body, or govde, of a hookah pipe
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| | hookahs were blown glass, often highly
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| consists of a curved vessel which holds
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| | decorated in gold or enamel painting,
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| water. A graceful stem rises from the
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| | brass, aluminum, silver, porcelain, clay,
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| body and at the top of the stem is a
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| | carved stone and wood, and leather. All
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| bowl, or lle, which holds the tobacco.
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| | these same materials are used today, with
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| From one to several flexible hoses, the
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| | the addition of stainless steel, Pyrex
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| marpuc, with a mouthpiece, or agizlik, at
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| | glass, plastic, rubber, and high quality
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| the end, are used to draw the hookah
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| | acrylics, among others.
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| smoke down through the water. The hookah
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| | In restaurants and smoking lounges,
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| tobacco is heated by charcoal and the
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| | individually wrapped, disposable plastic
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| water filters and cools the smoke. The
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| | mouthpieces are provided for each smoker.
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| water gurgles gently, like a woodland
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| | Other accoutrements of the hookah pipe
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| stream, and, in the process, makes the
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| | and tobacco include the hookah charcoal
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| smoke smooth and cool.
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| | and metal tongs. The charcoal is
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| The word shisha, which is often another
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| | typically in coin-sized pieces and each
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| word for hookah, comes from the Persian
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| | lasts for about 30 minutes in the slow
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| meaning glass or bottle. Hookahs and the
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| | smoking tobacco mixture.
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| culture of hookah smoking is often
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| | Certain etiquette applies to the smoking
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| referred to as hookah shisha. Somewhat
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| | of hookah pipes: the water pipes are
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| confusingly, at first, people also refer
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| | meant to be on the ground, rather than on
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| to hookah tobacco as shisha, or hookah
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| | a high table or shelf, with the smokers
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| shisha--and there is a Shisha brand of
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| | seated on cushions or low seats around
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| hookah shisha!
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| | it--though in modern hookah lounges, they
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| Hookah pipes today come in many styles,
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| | often appear on tables. Shared hookah
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| from Egyptian to Syrian, traveling, mini
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| | pipes are not supposed to be passed, but
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| and mod models to specialty and custom
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| | rather set down after smoking so that the
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| designs. There is a world of history in
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| | next smoker can take up the pipe at their
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| the craftsmanship of hookah pipes.
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| | leisure.
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| Traditional materials used in making
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