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Curved lauburu. The lauburu (from Basque lau, "four" + buru, "head") is an ancient hooked cross with four comma-shaped heads and the most widely known traditional symbol of the Basque Country and the Basque people. [1] In the past, it has also been associated with the Galicians, Illyrians and Asturians. [citation needed]
The Basque Country is a cross-border cultural region that has a distinctive culture including its own language, customs, festivals, and music.. The Basques living in the territory are primarily represented by the symbol of the flag Ikurriña, as well as the Lauburu cross and the Zazpiak Bat coat of arms.
The current Basque coat of arms (Euskal autonomi erkidegoaren armarria) [1] is the official coat of arms of the Basque Country, Autonomous community of Spain. It consists of a party per cross representing the three historical territories of Álava , Gipuzkoa and Biscay , as well as a fourth, void quarter.
In Basque, it has the generic meaning of 'flag', but specially the one of the Basque Country, as defined by the Euskaltzaindia (Royal Academy of the Basque Language). [1] The original Biscayne spelling of the Aranas was ikuŕiñ (the final-a is the Basque definite article, in singular). The modern standard Basque spelling is ikurrin.
Batasuna mural painting in Gipuzkoa (2003), featuring the modern version of Zazpiak Bat along with arrano beltza, lauburu, and Ikurriña. The original Zazpiak Bat features a design of traditional arms of the Basque territories, namely Araba, Gipuzkoa, and Bizkaia (which form the Basque Autonomous Community) plus Nafarroa; and the three that are part of the Pyrénées Atlantiques department ...
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geometric symbols, generally organizing the disc into four or eight circle sectors (marked or implicit), a structuring of space that recalls the coat of arms of Navarre; a single rosette; a lauburu or other figures that indicate a rotation; more specific figures. A smaller rosette, a Christian cross or a text may be added on the stand.
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