Local pilgrims's by frenchfrog

Paryang - China, Tibet Pilgrims paying their respects at the monastery

Uploaded: Mar, 10 2009 | Taken: Sep, 28 2008| Viewed: 32 times  | 2 votes Camera: NIKON CORPORATION | Model: NIKON D40X | Exposure 10/5000s, ISO 250 | FLength: 250mm | SW: Picasa 3.0

pesu - Mar, 10 2009 01:03pm Isabelle, what are they doing exactly on the pic? mortimer - Mar, 10 2009 01:03pm pesu look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_wheel or here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebetsm%C3%BChle frenchfrog - Mar, 11 2009 12:03pm For Petra (and the others!) The Pilgrims are turning prayer wheels. Turning the prayer wheel means that the person has read all the Buddhist scriptures inside the wheel. But it is also a way for the illiterate people to say the prayers as they turn the wheel is like if they are saying the prayers as the wheel spins