[00:02.62]Hundreds of fresh prayer flags are prepared and added to the pole.
[00:12.84]The head lama's sacred scarf adds the final touch to the proceedings.
[00:24.22]But the significance of Mount Kailash isn't confined to Buddhists alone.
[00:29.71]Other faiths venture to this remote place
[00:33.39]Many from far beyond the Himalayas.
[00:38.52]Threatening to upstage the Buddhists, the Hindus arrive
[00:42.47]Adding their own mix of colour and music.
[00:59.55]When suitable respect has been paid
[01:02.58]It's time for the newly dressed prayer pole to be raised.
[01:08.87]The pole must end up straight or it will be a bad omen for Tibet.
[01:17.41]At last the pole stands true
[01:19.91]and the new prayers can be blown to the heavens.
[01:23.51]Around this point
[01:25.10]the power of the Tibetan landscape and the beliefs of many cultures converge.
[01:33.09]More prayers, written on pieces of paper called "wind horses"
[01:36.97]Are thrown into the air and flutter upwards towards the peak of Kailash
[01:41.82]Where the gods of the different faiths are believed to reside.
[01:57.06]Here at the axis of the world, is a rare vision of harmony.