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Hello from 🇫🇷 I always learned that the blue and red was for the colors of the capital, Paris and the white for the monarchy. We have to read "the capital of Paris surround the monarchy".
@@TxndreThe Strip of Blue and Red are actually the Colors of Paris, the city itself And the White one in the middle represents the Old Regim of France which is French Monarchy. Being squashed by the Bleu and the Red
Each color in south africa flag has a meaning Black:for black(Indian,colored people) White:the white people Green:the vast land Blue:the sky Red:the blood from youths day (june 16th ) Yellow:the gold
Germany changed quite a bit over time. From the HRE to the Kaiserreich to the weimar republic to the Nazis and finally to the modern German flag. Also of course East Germany
@@sebe2255 Maybe not the HRE, but beginning with the combination of the flags from Prussia and the Hanseatic League into the North German Confederation.
I like how Egypts flag was all yellow and Libya flag was all green (And French all white at some point) Have there been any other with just 1 plain color? Edit: Forgot to add the Afghanistan flag of course HAHA
What I find even more interesting is that the maple leaf flag was only chosen because it was seen as politically neutral, and didn't stand for anything
Aussie here. We still use the Union Flag on the canton of our flag because it represents the institutions such as democracy and the rule of law we inherited from the British. Australia is a proudly multicultural country but there is minimal public support to change the flag 🇦🇺👍
The flags of certain south american nations are also cool, like how the flag of Bolivia at one point was red and had emblems of Peru and Bolivia, the Brazilian flag started as the empire of Brazil.
That "current" flag of Afghanistan is butt ugly and will never be recognized. The black, red and green flag tricolor is so much more appealing and thankfully it's still being used by the rest of the world.
When it comes to Portugal, I was always confused by the colors. Red makes a lot of sense, and supposedly green is the color of the republic - but for me blue is way more important for the country's history and culture
Eu preferia a esfera armilar sobre o fundo azul e branco (como a atual mas com azul em vez do verde e branco em vez do vermelho), esteticamente acho mais bonito, mas percebo o desejo de nos primeiros tempos da República quebrar a simbologia do passado, a mais importante da qual é a bandeira.
Interesting video - looking forward to more of these. For the section on Egypt, it is worth noting that there were some quite distinctive transitional flags historically. During the Ottoman and British colonial periods, for example, and immediate post WW2 dynasty (before the adoption of the pan Arabic colours). This included the use of Turkish influenced red flags, as well as green and white in some subsequent ones.
I must correct you. The portuguese flag is not two thirds red and one third green (1:53). It is, in fact, two fifths green and three fifths red. It's close but not accurate. 😉
6:50 The new SA flag clearly still has the red/white/blue of the Dutch flag in the background, with another layer on top of it, merged via Union Jack-inspired diagonals. This layer uses the green that is common in the Transvaal flag, adding black and yellow for a complete pan-African colour palette (see the flags of Ethiopia and Ghana). You say there is no obvious connection to older flags, but that seems like a pretty clear connection; the only unclear connection is the shape. 9:30 Should've mentioned that orange=Protestant is because orange=Netherlands=Protestant, otherwise the connection between the colour and the religion doesn't make any sense.
For the Chinese flag it is fitting that the red used to symbolize the Han people on the striped transitional flag is now used for essentially the whole flag, as the Han culture centred in Beijing is imposed on all the others.
And the whole symbolism of 5 parts of Chinese society co-existing (like the old Republican "5 races of China" flag) in harmony has been replaced by 4 social classes all submitting to a greater Chinese Communist Party
The Tansvaal republic called itself the Zuid Afrikaanse Republik, which basically translated to to the South Afrikaaner Republic. the Afrikaaner part is what the Boers called themselves and so it's name and conatation is not the same as that of the Republic(Union) of South Africa
Hello General. As a Portuguese person, I would really like to know which region in Portugal you are from? I love this content of information you give us. After we have the oldest alliance in the world with England and make a treaty with Spain, don't you think we should have more importance in the world? But my real intention with this question would be if we didn't find marijuana what would become of our browsers to do what we have done for centuries?😅😅🤣😂 Much love
cool video. however, most places just keep using the tricolor flag for Afghanistan, as many did not recognize the taliban's “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” as the country's legitimate government
Though not being recognized doesn’t mean it’s not yhe effective ruling government. Somaliland’s flag is hung all across their land while somalia’s flag is hung pretty much nowhere other than the UN headquarters
Estonia, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Sweden and Germany have the most explicit flags... Estonia: look at a forest line on a clear winter day: Blue sky, almost black treeline, white snow. Ireland: green everywhere, almost white cloudy skies, ginger people everywhere 😀 Spain: the sun makes you squint on the dusty village plaza, so all you see is a yellow slit between the red of your two eyelids. Italy: red tomato sauce, white mozzarella, green basil leaves, enjoy your pizza sir! Sweden: blond, blue-eyed people, ok. Germany: Steel plant at dusk under a menacing sky.
Brazilian here. 👋 I know there was a clear reason for Portugal changed its flag. However, I'd rather like the Blue and White one. Green and Red is not a good combination.
Blue, red and white were all once used as a symbol or a flag. The first two have relegious connotation: blue is linked to St Martin and red to St Denis. Both of these saint had been important and it is nothworthy that the early Capetian (the french roayl dinatsy) possessed the abbaye of St Denis as well as the city of Paris. White was also associated with Joan of Arc. In the end those colors have long historic connection to France. They also regained popularity after the war of american independance.
Would love to see part 2, or even better a dedicated videos for the flag of Afghanistan, Iraq and any other courtiers that had their flags changed many times
The modern South African flag is a culmination of the country's flag history with the green from the Transvaal flag and the added yellow and black from the pan african flags and the flags of the native political parties. The dutch influence still visible with the red, white fimbriations and blue in that order 🇿🇦 🇳🇱 But the red is really just a mix of dutch orange and british red
In Spain the first flag was the Standart of the Visigoths, a black cross with circles in it's extremes over a white field, then with the fall of the Kingdom, the Ummayad Cordoban Emirate later Caliphate had a solid white standart, the Kingdom of Asturias in the north had the Asturian Cross over a white field, then various Kingdoms had their own standarts and flags, but the next relevant one was that of the Catholic Monarchs, with a single heraldic shield combining the ones of Castille and Aragon, then we adopted the red Cross of Burgundy over a white field (and sometimes the flag was one with a white fiels and the coat of arms of the current monarch) up until 1785 when King Carlos III issued the "rojigualda" (red, yellow, red) that we have today, save for some changes in the coat of arms and the brief period of the 2nd Republic when the lower red band was turned purple.
Calling the Visigothic standard "the first Spanish flag" is stretching it a bit... Spain is a fairly new country (by west European standards) and I would reckon most would agree its first flag was the Cross of Burgundy, which reached Spain with the marriage of Philip the Fair and Joanna of Castile in 1508
@@miguelpadeiro762 totally agree... two very distinct states....By those standards, the Portuguese would be claiming to the inheritance of the Suebi Kingdom? Or even before that, the Lusitanian tribe? Non sense.
An interesting video could be to look at patterns that exist in some areas: - dominance of red, yellow and green in Africa - lot of blue-yellow-red in South America - lot of black, white and red (+ green at times) in Middle East - lots of crosses in North Europe - etc
The yellow, green and black from the South African flag ar very common in African flags and are also on the flag of the largest party (who recently lost their majority), the ANC.
I mention some Native American flags in my video about US State Flags! But I have yet to make a fully dedicated video on indigenous flags in general. Good idea, though!
Wasn't it in part also against the potential transition (that ended up happening) of Ottoman regions to British and French rule? Or was it fully supported by the West to further destabilize the Ottomans at the end of WW1?
I would like to make two comments regarding the South African flag. Firstly, why have you chosen the flag of the old South African Republic as the first South African flag. The Union of South Africa , which later brcame the Republic of South Afr8ca, was formed in 1910 by the union of 4 British colonies, two of which had, until the South African War of 1899 to 1902, been independent republislcs. At the time of this Union, one of these Colonies, the Cape of Good Hope colony, had already been in existence for 258 years, while the aforesaid S.A. Republic (The Transvaal Colony,) had only been in existence for 50 years as an independent republic and eight years as a British colony. So why choose its flag as thr "first flag of South Africa". A very good case could be made for calling the first Union flag of 1910 (the one based on the British red ensigb) as " The first flag of South Africa" as it was the first flag of the united country. But if you want to include predecessor states, then why choose the "Vierkleur", the flag of the second youngest predecessor state? If you Re counting predecessor states, then surely the first South African flag was the flag ofvthe VOC (United Netherlands East India Company) which flew over the Cape Colony since the Dutch settlement was first founded in 1652 until it was handed over to the UK in 1814 (before the S.A.R. even existed. Secondly, you mention that the second Union of S.A. flag, the one with three small flags superimposed. on the Netherlands flag, is the one "Associated" by many with the "apartheid regime" The only purpose for such a statement that I can see is to subscribe to "political correctness" as seen by foreigners, and to spread racial hatred against a former South African government. To say that the South Africsn flag of that time is associated with a regime that espoused racism, is like saying that the current South African flag is associated with a "regime" that espouses crime, corruption and governmental incompetence, that the British Union Flag is associated with colonialism or that the U.S. flag is associated with jingoistic nationalism, unjust capitalism or Trumpism. All of these statements are true to some degree, but they are all unfair and inflammatory. But why is it that we keep hearing the first one over and over again, but seldom if ever hear the other three?j A natonal flag does not represent a government, a political party "regime" It represents a nation and its people, and in the case of South Africa it represents a damn fine nation and many kinds of people. No South African government bears the official title of "The Apartheit Regime" . That title is an invention of their oponents, The political party that invented the policy of "Apartheid" and put it into practice in South Africa (and finally, after much pressure repealed it, putting themselves out of businrss), was the National Party, which ruled South Africa from 1948 until 1997, If you want to point fingers, point it at them, not at the South African Flag. The second union flag was the South African flag from 1928, a full 20 years before the Nationalists came into power, During the Second World War, tens of thousands of South African citizens of all races (but mostly the Whites whom this generation loves to hate) took up arms on the side of the Allies against the Axis powers, and many thousands lost their lives in the defence of democracy, fighting UNDER THAT SAME FLAG that you now vilify ss "associated with the apartheit regime". (Where, I ask myself, are those Allies now that South Africa needs them) South Africa is not proud of some of the things their politicians and administrators, have done, from Dutch times up until the present day. But they are proud of their country and of their flags, past and present, and rightly so. So please keep to the history, and try to make it as accurate as possible, but leave the trite and unhelpful.political comments of your videos.
Na Esfera Armilar. Foi um símbolo que começou a ser utilizado no Século XVI, principalmente em navios e símbolos das colónias portuguesas onde era usada frequentemente em substituição do brasão de Portugal, como eram os casos das moedas portuguesas emitidas em África, Ásia e América.
