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Prayer flags flutter at a hill near Shuzheng Tibetan village at Jiuzhai Valley National Park in Sichuan, China October 10, 2010. Photo by Tim Chong
After I visited the great Ommayad mosque in the old city of Damascus on Friday, I was told that it is closed to non-muslims on Fridays... No one said anything to me while I was inside, except to indicate that I must actively pray with everyone if I was to sit inside, so I did. It was actually an amazing scene, with the hundreds of men and women (separated) listening to the immam sing and go through the motions of prayer. I just followed along and tried to act natural...
Heart printed in response to Prayer for Japan letterpress appeal/exhibit...
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Monotype Arabesque (Granjon) Ornaments 219, 310, 311, 312, 314, 315
Let your arms enfold us
Through the dark of night
Will your angels hold us
Till we see the light
Hush, lay down your troubled mind
The day has vanished and left us behind
And the wind, whispering soft lullabies
Will soothe, so close your weary eyes
Let your arms enfold us
Through the dark of night
Will your angels hold us
Till we see the light
Sleep, angels will watch over you
And soon beautiful dreams will come true
Can you feel spirits embracing your soul
So dream while secrets of darkness unfold
A prayer flag is a colorful panel of rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer flags are believed to have originated with Bon, which predated Buddhism in Tibet. In Bon, shamanistic Bonpo used primary-colored plain flags in healing ceremonies. They are unknown in other branches of Buddhism. Traditionally they are woodblock-printed with texts and images.
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This is the outside of a prayer box I made for my living room. Made it from a doll's cupboard. Your comments on this photo would be greatly appreciated.
Evening Prayer in the chapel of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox seminary in Kerala, India. The service is in Syriac and lasts about an hour.
Turkish Muslims perform the prayer ritual (namaz) five times daily, according to the tenets of Islam.
The ezan (call to prayer) summons the faithful to the mosque for prayers. Although it's not required that prayer take place in a mosque, it's felt to be more appropriate and congenial in the sacred space with other Muslims.
The ezan is chanted six times daily. The exact time of the ezan changes from day to day and from place to place, according to longitude and latitude, surnise and sunset.
Here are the names (in Turkish and Arabic) of the calls/prayers and sample times for the ezan in mid-May in Istanbul:
Imsak (Fajr; 03:38 am): two hours before dawn, to awaken the faithful for prayer (pretty much the middle of the night!)
Günes (Tulu; 05:42 am): Dawn, before the sun appears
Ögle (Zuhr; 13:12, 1:12 pm): Midday, when the sun passes the zenith
Ikindi (Asr; 17:07, 5:07 pm): Afternoon, when the shadows cast by objects are equal to their height
Aksam (Maghrib; 20:21, 8:21 pm): Sunset, when the sun has disappeared below the horizon; beginning of a new day in the Islamic calendar
Yatsi (Isha; 22:08, 10:08 pm): When the last light of day has disappeared
Then 5-1/2 hours' sleep before the next call...
You can check the exact times for
Eid prayer on opening field is often leaving many newspaper used under prayer mat. Some waste collectors are happy to collect the paper for selling, an extra income for them.
1 Shawwal photowalk.
Protestant prayer beads for the 2016 United Methodist General Conference. Photo by Kathleen Barry, United Methodist Communications
An altered vintage Hymn and Prayer book. Done with tons of vintage ephemera, prayer cards, millinary, linen, lace, ribbon and mica
blogged at
littlejunkshop.blogspot.com
Jane B. Shaw
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1917 - 2010, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Prayer Plant, 1994
Watercolour and graphite on Arches paper
57.0 x 76.5 cm
Bequest of Jane Shaw Law, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2010
Taken in Xiahe, Gansu, China. These Tibetan prayer wheels lie along the 3km pilgrim circuit and there are over 1,200 of them!
Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, People's Republic of China. It is home to the famous Labrang Monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, and is situated at an altitude of 3,000m.
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