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WORLD FLAGS HISTORY
There are allots of questions related to flags. When they did showed up?
What do they really mean? What the people intended to express through
them? And many other questions may show up. Even if we think tat we know
allot about this subject, and many researchers found different
explanation, none of them is completely satisfying every one. Most of
the people find different meanings for the symbols of the flag. The
subject always raised many of contradictory debates. We do not know what
we should call flag. Everything that is hanging on a stick can be a
flag? This can not be true, that is why in this article you will find a
brief history of World flags.
The first flag it seems that it was used over 4000 years ago. Because
it was called a vexilloid, which meant in Latin- to guide-, the science
who is studying flags was also called Vexillology. The first flags
discovered were made from wood or metal with different inscriptions on
them. After awhile it was introduced pieces of fabrics, which made them
look, more like they look today. The significance of flag is usually to
transmit signals, or to represent symbols, or may be sending messages
for groups of people. They were used, so other persons could identify
them. Every state has its own flag. The same thing is available for any
kind of organization, or even commercial society. Also personalities,
like kings, may have their own flags to represent them. Also big sport
events can have their own symbolic flags, like the Olympic games. Flags
can signify personal ideas, which are easier to share with others by
simply using just flag. Also they can be used in peaceful times or in
wars. Like that you can identify easier the enemy.
Usually the colors of the flags may mean something. So when a country is
using specifically colors they want to transmit different messages to
people. For example, the red means power, revolution, or blood. The
white color can mean peace and surrender, the orange means sacrifice,
the green is expressing the youth and hope. The black color may mean
death or mourning. You may find flags in different shapes and sizes.
They are used to send messages, to celebrate big events or they may be
used in many other situations. All people knows about the white flag of
surrender or about the,, Jolly Roger'' flag, the pirates symbol. These
are flags, which want to say something only through their designs, and
they are recognized everywhere in this world. The same role, have all
the flags in the world. Through their colors, pictures or shapes they
transmit feelings and important messages, which their belonging
countries are trying to transmit to other countries. It doesn't exist a
flag without a meaning in this world.