Tibetan bouddhism
All along the trip, there are plenty of different monasteries from the very small to the biggest one in Tengboche. Following bouddhist tradition, Sherpas write prayers on floating flags. The wind carry the prayers to the holy spirits. Prayer books are kept shut up in big prayer wheels which people turn, each turn is like saying all the prayers contained in the wheel. And even sometimes, the wheel rotation is performed by the current of the rivers like in watermill.

Monks of teh monastrey gave us the authorisation to take photos, you can see the monatery walls coverd by frescoes and plenty of little boxes containing tibetan books..

Close-up on tibetan books:

Detail on tibetan book pages:

The frescoes:

Prayer wheel:

Outside, there are some big stones engraved or painted with prayers in tibetan writing. Jangbu explains us that prayers must be writen only on permanent support (Even though nothing is realy permanent in tibetan philosophy).
 
 

Painted stone and flags. (Click for bigger image )

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