▁Iran , ▁M ald ives , ▁Bang l adesh , ▁Brazil , ▁Turkey , ▁United ▁Arab ▁Em ir ates , ▁Indones ia , ▁Malays ia , ▁ ▁Philippines , ▁Sri ▁L anka , ▁Th ailand , ▁Singapore , ▁ ▁Vietnam ▁and ▁Camb odia . ▁In ▁those ▁countries ▁it ▁is ▁commonly ▁installed ▁in ▁Western - style ▁( s itting ) ▁to ile t ▁install ations . ▁In ▁Th ailand , ▁it ▁is ▁common ▁in ▁both ▁Western - style ▁to ile ts ▁and ▁squ at ▁to ile t ▁install ations . ▁It ▁is ▁so ▁u bi quit ous ▁that ▁Th ai ▁parliament ari ans ▁were ▁out rag ed ▁on ▁learning ▁that ▁the ▁to ile ts ▁in ▁their ▁new ▁parliament ▁building ▁were ▁not ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁bid et ▁show ers . ▁The ▁bid et ▁show er ▁is ▁similar ▁in ▁intent , ▁if ▁not ▁method ▁of ▁use , ▁to ▁the ▁Japanese ▁was h let - style ▁to ile t ▁seats , ▁or ▁so - called ▁" elect ron ic ▁bid ets ". ▁ ▁B id et ▁show ers ▁are ▁used ▁by ▁Muslim s ▁in ▁Muslim ▁countries ▁and ▁all ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ▁world ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁Asia ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁clean se ▁themselves ▁with ▁water ▁after ▁using ▁the ▁to ile t . ▁Here , ▁water ▁is ▁commonly ▁used ▁instead ▁of , ▁or ▁together ▁with , ▁to ile t ▁paper ▁for ▁clean ing ▁after ▁def ec ation . ▁ ▁In ▁Europe , ▁the ▁bid et ▁show er ▁is ▁used ▁for ▁example ▁in ▁Finland ▁and ▁Est onia .