polytropos' photos with the keyword: 2008

Nepal – Near Thorong La Pass (5'416 m) Translation: "Thunder Pass". The crossing of Thorong La is technically harmless under normal weather conditions (you never have to hold on the rock). The only realistic objective danger is the crossing of a rockfall area about 50 m wide about one hour before Thorong Phedi (the valley base on the east side) at about 4'000 m. Tibetan prayer flags usually have the colors blue, white, red, green and yellow with the sequence from left to right or in the case of flags hung in a star shape from the inside to the outside. The number five plays a central role in Tibetan Buddhism and embodies the four cardinal points as well as the center. The colors stand for one element each: - Blue for emptiness (the space, the sky). - White for the air (the clouds, the wind) - Red for the fire - Green for the water - Yellow for the earth element. The flags are exposed to the wind until they are completely weathered, so that, according to the belief of the faithful, the prayers written on them are carried to heaven. ► Gudrun (28.7955, 83.9339) – OpenTopoMap

View from Swayambunath to Kathmandu Tibetische Gebetsfahnen haben in der Regel mit der Reihenfolge von links nach rechts oder bei sternförmig aufgehängten Fahnen von innen nach aussen die Farben Blau, Weiss, Rot, Grün und Gelb. Die Zahl Fünf spielt im tibetischen Buddhismus eine zentrale Rolle und verkörpert die vier Himmelsrichtungen sowie das Zentrum. Die Farben stehen für jeweils ein Element: – Blau für die Leere (der Raum, der Himmel) – Weiss für die Luft (die Wolken, der Wind) – Rot für das Feuer – Grün für das Wasser – Gelb für das Erdelement. Die Fahnen werden bis zur vollständigen Verwitterung dem Wind ausgesetzt, damit nach Überzeugung der Gläubigen die Gebete, die darauf geschrieben sind, dem Himmel zugetragen werden. ► Gudrun ► ♫ ♪ "Man Magan", Deepak Bajracharya (Für Edna) ;-) ► ♫ ♪ "Bansuri Flute ► Secrets of Himalaya (Bilder von Kathmandu, Pokhara, Patan, Annapurna Region, Poon Hill, Sarangkot, ... ) (27.7150, 85.2907); [90°] – OpenTopoMap

Nepal – Porter in Larjung. The village of Kobang / Larjung is located at an altitude of 2550 m on the western bank of the river Kali Gandaki in the south of the district. Kowang borders Lete in the south and Tukuche in the north. The village is located at the Annapurna Circuit on the road to Jomsom 20 km further north. The Sherpa ("Eastern people") are a people who immigrated to the central and southern Himalayas 300 to 400 years ago. The name of the people comes from Tibetan: "shar" means "East", and the suffix "pa" means "people". The female form is Sherpani (plural Sherpanis). Today there are about 180'000 Sherpas. They live mainly in eastern Nepal and in the border regions of China and India. Most of them are Buddhist and speak a language that is unique to their culture, which is also called Sherpa. Since many porters are recruited from the Sherpa people, the porters are often simply called 'Sherpa', although there are porters from other peoples as well. (28.68595, 83.61442); [210°] – Google Maps