Throwing paper prayer flags, Tibet 2014

            Throwing paper prayer flags called lungta into the air (“wind horse”, colorful papers, which represent good luck and life force). Throwing to the wind small pieces of paper printed with the same image is one of the most popular ritual activities among Tibetans, and is performed to increase well-being or good luck. These flags and printed papers are commonly called rlung rta, though technically speaking rlung rta refers to the concept of good luck itself རླུང་རྟ lungta.
A well known ritual is seen on high mountain passes all over the Tibetan plateau.

Taken in: 中國 / 青海省 / 玉树藏族自治州 (show map)

Taken on: June 26, 2014

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Tibet བོད

བོད་ལྗོངས།

༢༠༡༤

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Tibetan Plateauབོད་མཐོ་སྒང་bötogang

Amdo ཨ༌མདོ

Kham ཁམས་བོད

Eastern Tibet

paper printed Wind horse

Erecting prayer flags (dar lcog) printed with an image of a wind-horse

or throwing to the wind small pieces of paper printed with the same image is one of the most popular ritual activities among Tibetans

and is performed to increase well-being or good luck. These flags and printed papers are commonly called rlung rta

though technically speaking rlung rta refers to the concept of good luck itself རླུང་རྟ lungta

རླུང་རྟ lungta

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sky ནམ་མཁའ། nam mkha' « less

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Camera:	Nikon D3
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Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
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