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| Prayer Flags near Taktshang Monastery, Paro |
On
top the hills, down in the valleys, in and around the villages, along the roads
and footpaths, around the temples and chortens, across the rivers, the prayer
flags are mounted. There are many different types of prayer flags which have
different significances according to its efficacy.
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| Prayer flags in Tongzhang gewog, Trashi Yangtse |
From
religious point of view, the prayer flags are imperative for all of us to
install for the purification of current sins and mischief and clear the path of
after-death life. There are many different philosophies for mounting prayer
flags such as to facilitate the dead person, to purify our sins and intensify
our fortune, etc. There are also many traditions to mount it. The people
usually cut down trees or bamboos and add Reldi and Khorlo and mount on it;
some hang on the rope and tie it tightly on both the sides over the valleys and
on top of the hills.
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| Near Taktshang |
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| Night view of Prayer flags in Tongzhang, Trashi Yangtse |
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| Prayer flags are hoisted along the farm road, Tongzhang |
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| Near Taktshang Monastery |
The
picture is how prayer flags are mounting in my village. This is traditional
ways of mounting it but now it is in the verge of extermination. If young blood
like us does not have bottomless attachment to our culture and traditions, it
will one day exterminate and can see articles written in books.
