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LicensePrayer flags, in a string of 24 flags from Nepal
Science Museum Group Collection
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Prayer flags, in a string of 24 flags from Nepal
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Prayer flags, in a string of 24 flags from Nepal. Detail view
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Prayer flags, in a string of 24 flags from Nepal. Detail view
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Prayer flags, in a string of 24 flags from Nepal. Detail view
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
String of prayer flags to be attached to the roofs of buildings in order to bring good luck and good health, the type as would be used in the village of Khunde, Nepal, 2005.
A string of prayer flags from the Nepalese village of Kunde. Flags are attached to the roofs of buildings to bring good luck and good health. They are changed at least twice a year - usually in the spring and autumn. The new flags offer fresh prayers to the gods and each change is accompanied by a small ceremony.
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Object Number:
- 2005-709
- type:
- prayer flag
- credit:
- Susan Heydon on behalf of the Khunde Hospital, Nepal
