Too keep your head cooler, it originates from the high humidity slavic banya culture.
As high humidity saunas, warm your skin up faster than dry saunas. You’ll not last as long, primarily due to your head overheating. So wearing a thick hat, will insulate your head from the temperature and humidity of the room
python@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
It’s a sauna hat, where else would you wear it?
gedfromgont@piefed.ca 1 hour ago
If there’s ever been any logic that is sound, it is this one.