Hi all, A friend at work, who is also from Bangladesh, says that it is a red sun. The green he says is symbolic of "newness" and the red of the sun some say from the (new) rising sun and the blood of struggles for independence.
Fritz -----Original Message----- From: Bill Thayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 2:33 PM To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: Solar Trivia Oh who can resist.... The following are not suns, though: Azerbaijan is a conventional 8-pointed star representing the 8 Turkic peoples NKorea is socialist stuff: a star on a disc SKorea is a representation of the Universe (a yin-yang thing), not the sun. Laos is the full moon over the Mekong River Malaysia is a 14-pointed star symbolising unity Myanmar is an industrial cog-wheel surrounded by stars Nauru is a 12-pointed star symbolising the 12 tribes Palau is the moon Tunisia is a version of the Mahometan crescent (for centuries they were a nominal Turkish possession). I can't tell whether Bangladesh is a sun, but on balance I don't think so. The FOTW (Flags of the World) website has things neatly broken down by symbols; see http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/keywords.html#sun -- Bill Thayer 41N53 87W38 col cuore a 42N59.5 12E42.4 alt.313m http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/I/home.html - -
