prayer flags

A form of prayer flag — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of prayer flag
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