The natives believe their gods gave it to them, or provided it for them, so to show respect, they use it in many ways such as for cooking and laundry and other things.

The thing is...usually with a hot spring, there is a volcano near by, kind of like with Yellowstone National Park. However, there isn't an active volcano near this river within miles and miles of the river. This is so baffling~

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