Turkish Traditional Copper Hookah

Turkish Traditional Handcrafted 16″ Copper Hookah / Water pipe / Narghile / Hooka / Shisha- Traditional Turkish Hookah- Usable with charcoal- Use can as decorative item- Handcrafted item- Has a tongs- Copper meterial- Decorated anatolian floral motifshookah culture Notes:Nargile became part of Turkish culture from the 17th century. Back then, it became prominent in society and was used as a status symbol. Nargile was such an important Turkish custom that it even sparked a diplomatic crisis between France and the Ottoman Empire. Western Turkey is noted for its traditional pottery production where potters make earthenware objects, including nargile bowlsin the Middle East and Arab world, people smoke waterpipe as part of their culture and traditions. Social smoking is done with a single or double hose hookah, and sometimes even triple or quadruple hose hookahs in the forms of parties or small get-togethers are used. When the smoker is finished, either the hose is placed back on the table signifying that it is available, or it is handed from one user to the next, folded back on itself so that the mouthpiece is not pointing at the recipient. Local names of waterpipe in the middle east are, ghalyan or alyn, shisha, argila, nargile, nafas, oqqa, celam/celmmost cafs in the Middle East offer shishas. Cafs are widespread and are amongst the chief social gathering places in the Arab world (akin to public houses in Britain). Some expatriate residents arriving in the Middle East adopt shisha cafs to make up for the lack of pubs in the region, especially where prohibition is in place.operation:the jar at the bottom of the hookah is filled with water sufficient to submerge a few centimeters of the body tube, which is sealed tightly to it. Deeper water will only increase the inhalation force needed to use it. Tobacco is placed inside the bowl at the top of the hookah. Often the bowl is covered with perforated tin foil or a metal screen and coal placed on top. The foil or screen separates the coal and the tobacco, which minimizes inhalation of coal ash with the smoke and reduces the temperature the tobacco is exposed to, in order to prevent burning the tobacco directly.when one inhales through the hose, air is pulled through the charcoal and into the bowl holding the tobacco. The hot air, heated by the charcoal vaporizes (not burns) the tobacco,[citation needed] thus producing vapor, which is passed down through the body tube that extends into the water in the jar. It bubbles up through the water, losing heat, and fills the top part of the jar, to which the hose is attached. When a smoker inhales from the hose, smoke passes into the lungs, and the change in pressure in the jar pulls more air through the charcoal, continuing the process.dimensions:- Height: 15.74″ (40 cm)- Hose length: 48.42″ (123 cm)- Water container (jag) diameter: 4.92″ (12.5 cm)- Total weight: 18.97oz (538 gr)package Includes:- 1 piece Copper water container (jag)- 1 piece copper hookah body- 1 piece elastic hose (colours and types of hoses may differ from product to product)- 1 piece tongs- 1 piece clay vortex bowl- 1 piece copper windguard- 2 pieces plastics gasketplease Note:All our goods are 100 % handcrafted.due to the nature of our handmade products, some irregularities are considered normal and no two items are identical.some designs and colors may vary slightly from photo and piece to piece.please allow 5-20 days for delivery.