The national colour of Nepal is red. Red stands for boldness. The flag has the colours red, white and blue.
The symbols are the moon and the sun. Several meanings are attached to these symbols.
I was given 'Tibetan prayer flags, hand made in Nepal.' Also called Nepalese prayer flags . I got them at the World Travel Market which is a trade fair, business to business at Excel in London every February, as well as in other countries at other times of year.
I have
What Are Nepalese Prayer Flags For?
I am not a Buddhist and wondered what the flags are for and what I was to do with them. What do the Nepalese and Buddhists do with the prayer flags? They are on a string which links them.
White for purity.
Are they like the Catholic rosary beads, where you count off your prayers. Or like worry beads, for comfort, for saying mantras, chanting?
At first I left them neatly folded in their packet. Maybe I should give them to somebody else who was a Buddhist, or wanted to become Buddhist.
Eventually, I decided to take them out and look at them.
They are hung outside temples and buildings in Nepal and other Buddhist countries and buildings. The flags are designed to flutter in the wind, and carry the blessings, messages, prayers and hopes of goodwill around the world.
What Are The Colours And What Do They Mean?
Red is the colour of fire.
White is the colour of clouds, air {purity+.
Blue is the colour of the sky, or space.
Green is the colour of water, seawater, sea/
Yellow is the colour of the earth.
The flags also have animal symbols.
Then I opened my other packet of flags. The same colours, red, white, blue, green, yellow.
Not the same as the others in a smaller size. These had the words Om, ma, ni,padme, hum, repeated once more.
If you go to Everest, on the Tibetan side, the north side, you reach the world's highest monastery, Rongbuk, (some say second highest, but the other one is also in Tibet)_where you will see the flags, and your guide or leader will probably explain the flags to you.
Website Information On The Nepalese Flag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nepal
Website Information On Prayer Flags
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rongbuk_Monastery
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