lung ta prayer flags

Prayer Flags Explained: Colours, Meaning & Etiquette

You see them everywhere in Nepal. Strung across mountain passes. Fluttering over monasteries. Draped from bridges, rooftops, and stupas. Faded strings of red, blue, white, green, and yellow, snapping in the Himalayan wind. Most travelers photograph them without knowing what they are. But every one of those flags carries a prayer and the wind is carrying it to the world.…

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