Thursday, September 1

From Thimphu, Buthan to Høgevarde, Norway (or Oslo)

From the spectacular country Buthan and more specific the capital Thimphu my 172nd visiting country arrived on Yesterday. Through Google my blogposts from June 2011 were found, and maybe the keyword was Troll, Mountains in Norvay or Høgevarde.
The photo above is from the spectacular location of the Taksang Monastery  or the Tiger´s Nest.
The monastery is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north of Paro West of Thimphu) and hangs on a precipitous cliff at 3,120 metres (10,240 ft), about 900 metres (3,000 ft) above the Paro valley, on the right side of the Paro Chu (river).
Høgevarde (1459 meters) is just half the altitude of Taksang, but the mountains here there and everywhere can easily be found on the net like my visitor from the eastern Himalayas did. The white color on the map has an altitude above 6000m.
The Buthan flag is based upon the tradition of the Drukpa Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and features Druk, the Thunder Dragon of Bhutanese mythology.The flag is divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with the upper triangle yellow and the lower triangle orange. Centred along the dividing line is a large black and white dragon facing away from the hoist side. The dragon is holding a norbu, or jewel, in each of its claws.

According to The Legal Provisions of the National Flag of the Kingdom of Palden Drukpa
the yellow signifies civil tradition and temporal authority as embodied in the Druk Gyalpo, the Dragon King of Bhutan, whose royal garb traditionally includes a yellow kabney (scarf).
The orange half signifies Buddhist spiritual tradition, particularly the Drukpa Kagyu and Nyingma schools.
Druk, the Thunder Dragon, spreads equally over the line between the colors.
The placement of Druk in the center of the flag over the dividing line between the flag's two colors signifies the equal importance of both civic and monastic traditions in the Kingdom of Druk (Bhutan) and evokes the strength of the sacred bond between sovereign and people.
The white color of Druk signifies the purity of inner thoughts and deeds that unite all the ethnically and linguistically diverse peoples of Bhutan.
The jewels held in Druk's claws represent Bhutan's wealth and the security and protection of its people, while the dragon's snarling mouth symbolizes Bhutanese deities' commitment to the defense of Bhutan.

2 comments:

Rune Eide said...

If you have climbed up there and shot that first photo I'll really take off my hat for you!

ArneA said...

May be I was wrong regarding the Google search that gave me a visitor from Buthan. This Fallus link may have been the trigger to my sites.