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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A pig toilet (sometimes called a \"pig sty latrine\") is a simple type of dry toilet consisting of an outhouse mounted over a pig sty, with a chute or hole connecting the two. The pigs consume the feces of the users of the toilet.Pig toilets (Chinese: 猪圈毛坑) were once common in rural China, where a single Chinese ideogram (Chinese: 圂; pinyin: hùn) signifies both \"pigsty\" and \"privy\". Funerary models of pig toilets from the Han dynasty (206 BC to AD 220) prove that it was an ancient custom. These arrangements have been strongly discouraged by the Chinese authorities in recent years; although as late as 2005, they could still be found in remote northern provinces.Chinese influence may have spread the use of pig toilets to Okinawa (Okinawan: ふーる / 風呂) before World War II.Pig toilets were also used in parts of India such as Goa, a state on the west coast of India.On Jejudo, an volcanic island of South Korea, residents use pig toilets known as dottongsi (Korean: 돗통시), constructed from the local volcanic stone."@en }

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