Russian Monument To The Enema Unveiled!

Source: AP:

A monument to the enema has been unveiled at a spa in the southern Russian city of Zheleznovodsk. The bronze syringe bulb, which weighs 800 pounds and is held by three angels, was unveiled at the Mashuk-Akva Term spa on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008.

monument to enemas at Mashuk Akva-Term Sanatorium in Zheleznovodsk

“There is no kitsch or obscenity, it is a successful work of art,” Alexander Kharchenko told The Associated Press. “An enema is almost a symbol of our region.” The Caucasus Mountains region is known for dozens of spas where enemas with water from mineral springs are routinely administered to treat digestive and other complaints.

The monument cost $42,000. A banner declared: “Let’s beat constipation and sloppiness with enemas” — an allusion to a line from “The Twelve Chairs,” a famous Soviet film comedy.

Sculptor Svetlana Avakina said she modeled the monument’s angels on those by Italian Renaissance painter Alessandro Botticelli. “This device is eternal, it will never change,” she told the AP.

People drink wine at the unveiling ceremony in the village of Inozemtsevo

This region is also known as Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody (Caucasus Mineral Water).

a male patient undergoing oxygen therapy

By the way, be careful with your Russian enemas! Patients at another sanatorium in the Stavropol region needed medical treatment in January after a nurse administered enemas using hydrogen peroxide instead of water. Seventeen patients were hospitalized with burns to the intestinal tract.