walking and praying
Tibetans ideally prostrate themselves 100,000 times a year. Not only do they prostrate themselves around temples they also do it on roads, streets and sidewalks. Some pilgrims cover the entire 33-mile route around Mount Kailis or travel from their hometowns to Lhasa, repeatedly prostrating themselves, or crawling on their stomach or walking on their knees. So they so they don't hurt themselves while covering long distances in this way many serious pilgrims wear padded mitts and knee pads.
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