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Penggunaan kertas dan bahan lain yang menyerupai kertas untuk cebok pertama kali ada di [[Cina]]. Kebiasaan ini kemudian menyebar ke [[budaya Barat|Barat]]. Di beberapa tempat, terutama di wilayah-wilayah di mana tissue toilet belum tersedia, [[koran]], [[direktori telepon]], dan produk kertas lainnya juga biasa digunakan. Meskipun dapat menyebabkan toilet tersendat<ref name="schoolsanitation"/>, penggunaan koran dan kertas lain masih sering digunakan sebagai alat cebok di sebagian Afrika karena—meskipun telah tersedia—harga tisu toilet belum dapat dijangkau.
==WaterAir==
Cebok menggunakan air umum dilakukan di [[Eropa]], sebagian besar [[Amerika Selatan]], [[dunia Muslim]], dan [[subkontinen India]], di mana orang menggunakan tangan kirinya untuk cebok dan tangan kanan untuk makan atau bersalaman.
Using water to clean oneself, often along with toilet paper or sometimes in lieu of toilet paper, is common in [[Europe]], most of [[South America]], the [[Muslim world]] and [[Indian subcontinent]] where people use their left hand to clean themselves and their right hand for eating or greeting (in parts of [[Africa]], though, the converse is true, and a right-handed [[handshake]] could be considered rude)<!--(like where? please give locations)-->.
Di negara dengan mayoritas agama Islam, penggunaan air untuk cebok terkait dengan adanya [[syariat]] yang menganjurkan menggunakan air untuk membersihkan semua kotoran, termasuk setelah buang air.<ref>[http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/27091/muslim%20showers Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah: 259], diakses 29 Juni 2008</ref> Banyak orang di [[Asia Selatan]] dan [[Timur Tengah]] yang memilih menggunakan air karena kurang yakin akan keefektifan tissue toilet dalam membersihkan kotoran.{{fact}}
In [[France]], [[toilet]] sanitation was supplemented by the invention of the [[bidet]] in the [[1710s]]. With the improvements to plumbing in the mid- to late [[19th Century]] the bidet moved from the bedroom (where it was kept with the chamber pot) to the bathroom. Modern bidets use a stream of warm water to cleanse the genitals and anus (before modern plumbing, bidets sometimes had a hand-crank to achieve the same effect). The bidet is commonplace in many European countries, especially in [[Spain]], [[France]], [[Italy]] and [[Greece]], and also in [[Japan]] where approximately half of all households have a form of bidet (often combined with the toilet in a single appliance). It is also very popular in the Middle East.
The use of water in Muslim countries is due in part to Muslim [[sharia]] which encourages washing after all instances of defecation, an obligatory action during periods of religious [[fasting]].<ref>[http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/27091/muslim%20showers Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah: 259], accessed 29 June 2008</ref> It is not uncommon to find [[South Asia]]n and [[Middle East]]ern people express their disgust for the use of only dry toilet paper as they doubt the effectiveness of just wiping with toilet paper and feel it is impossible to completely clean one's anus and that washing is absolutely necessary.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} Toilet paper is more common in large households,{{Fact|date=June 2008}} where the middle-classes use both methods to cleanse themselves. In many countries, a hand-held bidet (colloquially known as a ''muslim shower''<ref>[http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=231805 discussion of the term (as used in Saudi Arabia)], GupShup Forums, accessed 29 June 2008</ref>) or pail of water is used in lieu of a pedestal. In Japan, a nozzle placed at rear of the closet aims a water jet to the bottom and serves the purpose of cleaning; however, this arrangement is common only in Westernised toilets, and is not incorporated in traditional designs.
Another popular alternative resembles a miniature shower and is known as a "[[health faucet]]". It is placed in an alcove to the right hand side of the toilet, thus enabling the person using it to have it within an arm's length for easy accessibility.
In the [[Philippines]], and other South-East Asian countries such as [[Thailand]], house bathrooms usually have a medium size wide plastic dipper (''tabo'') or large cup, which is also used in bathing. However, most general households utilize toilet paper, "health faucets", or bidets (in some rich mansions) as well. Some health faucets are metal sets attached to the bowl of the water closet, with the opening strategically pointed at the target anus. Toilets in public establishments mainly provide toilet paper for free or dispensed, though the dipper (or even a cut up PET bottle or plastic jug, or disposed ice cream can) used for this purpose is occasionally encountered in some establishments. Though most Thais find it difficult not to cleanse their anus with water, most of the shopping malls do not provide health faucets since they are considered to be dirty and could make it hard for them to keep the bathrooms clean.
===Japanese toilet===
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The first "paperless" toilet was invented in Japan in [[1980]]. It is a combination toilet, bidet and drier, controlled by an electronic panel next to the toilet seat. This has famously led to tourists accidentally activating the bidet and causing a jet of water to shoot high into the air and spray all over the bathroom floor, usually a result of investigating the unfamiliar fixture's buttons, all labeled in Japanese (the fact that some toilets use a button on the same panel to flush exacerbated the problem). Many modern Japanese bidet toilets, especially in hotels and public areas, are labeled with pictograms to avoid the problem, and most newer models have a sensor that will refuse to activate the bidet unless someone is sitting on the toilet.
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