prayer flag en · NOUN
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A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.
There are two kinds of prayer flags: horizontal ones, called Lung ta (Wylie: rlung-rta, meaning “Wind Horse”) in Tibetan, and vertical ones, called Darchor (Wylie: dar-Icog, meaning “flagstaff”).
2017, Carol A. Wilson, Stillness on Shaking Ground: A Woman's Himalayan Journey Through Love, Loss, And Letting Go, John Hunt, →ISBN:On the final night of his journey, he strung up the inflated balloons at Duchala, a sacred mountain pass at 10,000 feet, bobbing amidst Buddhist prayer flags.
2011 November 6, Maria Popova, “'Balloons for Bhutan': Jonathan Harris Documents Happiness”, in The Atlantic:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| prayer flags | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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bo རླུང་རྟ (colourful rectangular cloth) · tyv хей-аът (colourful rectangular cloth) · de Gebetsfahne (colourful rectangular cloth) · es bandera de oración (colourful rectangular cloth) · nl gebedsvlag (colourful rectangular cloth) · fi rukouslippu (colourful rectangular cloth) · cmn 經幡 /经幡 (colourful rectangular cloth) · ru моли́твенный флаг (colourful rectangular cloth) · de Gebetsflagge (colourful rectangular cloth) · pt bandeira de oração (colourful rectangular cloth) · fr drapeau de prière (colourful rectangular cloth) · mn хийморь (colourful rectangular cloth) · bo དར་ལྕོག། (colourful rectangular cloth)