Contemporary ethnographic science has achieved success in a wide variety of fields. The works of scientists devoted to ethnogenesis, ethnographic history, customs and rituals, folklore, material culture and everyday life of different peoples of the world fill more than one cabinet in the library. Anyone interested can make a fairly clear idea of ​ ​ the most diverse aspects of the daily life of almost any people. And only one topic traditionally dispenses with shameful silence in science - these are latrines, the rules for their use and the associated set of behavioral norms (including often religious ones), as well as ways to dispose of other waste (garbage of various kinds).