• megane-kun@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Is there any reason, like symbolic significance, behind putting the emblem and the stripes on the fly rather than on the hoist?

    I‌ am assuming that one reason a lot of flags put their devices on the hoist (or on the center) is visibility, especially when the flag waves around. Wouldn’t the devices on the Zambian flag be less visible then as they’re placed on the fly?

    • Kit Sorens@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      It definitely struck me that the emblem chosen in this manner is a bird, meant to represent an oppressed colonial territory now freed. Maybe they chose it so that the animal reprisenting Zambian freedom is far removed from the yolk of its origin? Or maybe someone just didn’t tell them it was the norm or why 🤷‍♂️