Colorful people, colorful buildings, colorful landscape. This place is just so dang colorful! I'm standing in front of the Jokhang Palace in the path of the oncoming pilgrims and just taking it all in. The only specific thing I want to point out in this photo is the prayer wheel. The man about dead center is holding what looks like a broom stick with a wooden cylinder on top. The cylinder has a little ball attached that spins with a slight motion of the pole. Many of the pilgrims carried these as they walked and prayed. I'm almost certain the prayer wheel spins in a clockwise direction.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Day 6 - Lhasa
Colorful people, colorful buildings, colorful landscape. This place is just so dang colorful! I'm standing in front of the Jokhang Palace in the path of the oncoming pilgrims and just taking it all in. The only specific thing I want to point out in this photo is the prayer wheel. The man about dead center is holding what looks like a broom stick with a wooden cylinder on top. The cylinder has a little ball attached that spins with a slight motion of the pole. Many of the pilgrims carried these as they walked and prayed. I'm almost certain the prayer wheel spins in a clockwise direction.
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