These flags are commonly put up on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, ‘Losar’ and on occasions like marriages and other important functions. The flags also embody the cycle of life.

The first flag-making session was held yesterday in the Student Union Lobby. The peace flags, based on the concepts of Tibetan Buddhism, are called "Dar Cho" in Tibetan. "Dar" means to increase life, ...

For years Kobasa has displayed flags from the porch of his home in the Edgewood neighborhood — Tibetan prayer flags. There’s a world of difference between the two kinds of flag-waving. Religion can be ...

The group will present the Drepung Gomang World Peace Tour during which at each ... a metal artifact with spokes at each end; prayer flags, and small Tibetan handicrafts for wearing or giving.

followed by the ‘Walk for Tibet,’ an eight-mile peace march from Amherst to Northampton. Supporters waved Tibetan flags along the route nine as they walked from Amherst to Northampton.

They hoisted the Tibetan flag, draped it around their shoulders, wore miniature versions of it stitched onto hats and arm bands. And sometimes, when the wind was just right, the flag's bright ...

A man hangs prayer flags on a mountain in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Jan. 24, 2023. Following the tradition, people here went early in the morning to hang new prayer flags ...