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July Scavenger Hunt: 17 - That Should Have Been Thrown Out Long Ago
Two weeks after we go out of the world cup the flags are still up in Nottingham
In the United States perhaps even more than in other countries it's hard to go far without seeing flags flying.
And perhaps it's not surprising that a city like Gettysburg is even more fond of displaying the stars and stripes than the average city.
A centuries-old Portuguese canon is used as a base for a flagpole.
Near Diu, coastal Gujarat, India. October 2009.
Traditionally, prayer flags come in sets of five: one in each of five colors. The five colors are arranged from left to right in a specific order: blue, white, red, green, and yellow. The five colors represent the elements and the Five Pure Lights. Different elements are associated with different colors for specific traditions, purposes and sadhana. Blue symbolizes the sky and space, white symbolizes the air and wind, red symbolizes fire, green symbolizes water, and yellow symbolizes earth. According to Traditional Tibetan medicine, health and harmony are produced through the balance of the five elements.
-from wikipedia
Another one from the ferry trip last Monday. It's got me feeling all patriotic, and I'm not even Canadian.
Prayer flags.
Tibetan prayer flags are colorful panels or rectangular cloths often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks in the Himalayas to bless the surrounding countryside. Unknown in other branches of Buddhism, prayer flags are believed to have originated with the original Bön religion, which predated Buddhism in Tibet.
Lhasa, Tibet, China. 2006
Published: American-Chinese Cultural Exchange Center Brochure
Tiananmen, Beijing, China.
Glorious weather, Tiananmen newly refreshed in preparation for China's 55th National Day celebrations.
Finally! I have uploaded these. I had the motivation to knowing that I am 13 days behind on my 365... I have a lot of catching up to do. Not sure which one I liked better. Thoughts?
Un des plus vieux drapeaux au monde...
Selon la légende, le drapeau écossais daterait du IXe siècle et serait apparu lors de la bataille d'Athelstaneford (à l'ouest d'Edimbourg) qui opposa le roi Picte Angus MacFergus contre le Saxon Athelstan. Des nuages auraient formé une croix blanche dans le ciel et représentèrent le soutien de saint André qui permit la victoire des Celtes contre les Saxons.
Canadian Flag and the Parliament Hill colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings is the home of the Parliament of Canada and has architectural elements of national symbolic importance. Parliament Hill attracts approximately 3 million visitors each year.
(28/365) My Photo of the Day for Friday, July 8!
The 1st annual Pride Flag Raising in Mississauga, Ontario.
(The wind decided not to cooperate)
Christopher Street Parade in Berlin on 22 June 2013
Christopher Street Day (CSD) is an annual European LGBT celebration and demonstration held in various cities across Europe for the rights of LGBT people, and against discrimination and exclusion. It is Germany's and Switzerland's counterpart to Gay Pride or Pride Parades. Austria calls their Pride Parade Rainbow Parade. The most prominent CSD events are Berlin Pride, CSD Hamburg and CSD Cologne, Germany; and Zürich in Switzerland. [Wikipedia]
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