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Prayer flags...
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Copyright: Shubhankar BASU (kampuchi) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 11 W: 0 N: 19] (364)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-03
Categories: Ceremony
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-11 7:29
Viewed: 813
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Prayer flags are colorful panels or rectangular cloths often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks in the Himalayas to bless the surrounding countryside. Unknown in other branches of Buddhism, prayer flags are believed to have originated with the original Bön religion, which predated Buddhism in Tibet. Traditionally they are woodblock printed with texts and images.

Traditionally, prayer flags come in sets of five, one in each of five colors. The five colors represent the elements and are arranged from left to right in a specific order:

Blue (symbolizing sky/space)
White (symbolizing wind/air)
Red (symbolizing fire)
Green (symbolizing water)
Yellow (symbolizing earth)
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To Albrecht: Thankskampuchi 1 05-13 00:36
To pinakie_slg: Thankskampuchi 1 05-13 00:32
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Hi Shubhankar
Interesting and well taken picture; good compo and use of DOF and those colours are lovely.
greetings Albrecht

Hi Shubhankar

i like the dof here. the details on the subject are excellent. i like the colours too. bhutan is a country i would really like to visit and you've reinforced that for me. thanks!

Hello Shubhankar.
It's a beautiful picture. I can learn rich faith of people of Tibet from your picture.

Regards, Takahiro

Hi,
A very well composed shot. a very coomon view for us but your composition have made it great.

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