Subject: SV: [BoundaryPoint] 43-24.jpg
Date: Feb 16, 2002 @ 23:05
Author: Christian Berghänel (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Christian_Bergh=E4nel?= <christian.berghanel@...>)
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I forwarded the question to "Flags of the World
mailing list" and got the following answer:
Well, the yellow one is the Buddhist flag Thong
Dhammacak, mentioned
on FOTW:
"Thai Buddhism Flag
Dharma Wheel
Flag or Thong Dhammacak
In Thailand there were often two flags used in
parades and other
celebrations. The Thai National Flag was used
everywhere
(...). The other flag was saffron coloured with a red wheel
similar to
the wheel on the Indian flag except much larger. It
was
explained to me that it symbolized Buddhism, the national religion; or
the Chakri (Royal) family; or loyalty to the King. Given
the colour of
the field I would bet on the Buddhism theme. My wife
claims that she never
saw it although there is one hanging in
her mother's sitting
room.
Phil Abbey, 17 September 1998
The flag Phil Abbey mentioned
is Thong Dhammacak (Dharma Wheel Flag) -
yellow flag with a red Dhammacak at
the
center. This the flag for Thai Buddhism.
Wisarut Bholsithi, 29
October 1999
>
> Jesper"
The third seems to be again
the national flag.
J. Patrick Fischer
After the answer I found it on the FOTW
site:
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Christian Berghänel
Sweden
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Subject: [BoundaryPoint] 43-24.jpg
Can anyone figure out the flags?
Jesper
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