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VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL

VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL

$ 18.45

Availability: 80 in stock
  • Condition: New
  • Fabric: top quality cotton
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Nepal
  • attached cord: super thick, sturdy and long
  • Total length of string: just flags 90", 7.5 feet
  • Religion: Buddhism
  • Colors: bright & primary
  • Flag size: 12 inches long &9 inches wide
  • # of flags on the string: 10
  • Handmade: Yes

    Description

    VERY RARE COLORFUL FAIR TRADE 9 X 12" COTTON PRAYER FLAGS W/ TIBET & BUDDHIST FLAG NEPAL
    very rare Fair Trade Buddhist non-traditional prayer flags - I have seen only 1 Nepali dealer with these flags
    rather than the traditional "windhorse" or "deities" motif, these are made using 2 flags specifically related to Tibetan Buddhism:  the flag of Tibet (which is outlawed by the Chinese in many places) and the International Flag of Buddhism, which was designed in the late 1800's - more info below
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    best "export" quality cotton, quite heavy
    10 flags measure 12" long and9" wide
    total length including ends of cords 102", 8 1/2 feet
    imported directly from Nepal
    brand new & contemporary
    Buy With Confidence:
    We are practicing Buddhists
    We respect the importance of these religious materials
    We use the same products that we sell
    USA-based
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    The flag was originally designed in 1885 by the Colombo Committee, in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).  It was first publicly hoisted on Vesak day, 28 May 1885 at the Dipaduttamarama, Kotahena, by Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera. This was the first Vesak public holiday under British rule.
    Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, an American journalist, founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, felt that its long streaming shape made it inconvenient for general use. He therefore suggested modifying it so that it was the size and shape of national flags
    In 1889, the modified flag was introduced to Japan by Anagarika Dharmapala and Olcott—who presented it to Emperor Meiji—and subsequently to Burma
    At the 1950 World Fellowship of Buddhists, the flag of Buddhists was adopted as the International Buddhist Flag
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    Auspicious days for hanging prayer flags in 2022:
    01/12, 01/23, 02/16, 02/20, 02/26, 02/28, 03/12, 03/23, 03/27, 03/28, 04/11, 04/25, 04/29, 05/03, 05/11, 05/16, 05/28, 06/09, 06/14, 06/25, 06/26, 07/23, 08/01, 08/07, 08/21, 08/25, 09/05, 09/20, 10/05, 11/18, 11/20, 12/03, 12/18, 12/26.