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The national symbols of Lebanon are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Lebanon and of its culture. Symbol [ edit ]
The 1913 version of the flag was created by two Lebanese Brazilian journalists, Shukri El Khoury and Naoum Labaki, who were both part of the Mahjar movement in the Americas. The flag was also raised as the first national flag of Lebanon on October 2, 1918, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. [7]
Flag Date Use Description 1949 – today: Flag of the Lebanese Air Force: a blue field with the air force's emblem in the center. 1991 – today: Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (front) the Lebanese tricolor with 4 laurels in each corner and an Arabic script in both sides of the tree. [1] 1991 – today: Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (back)
Cedrus libani, commonly known as cedar of Lebanon, Lebanon cedar, or Lebanese cedar (Arabic: أرز لبناني, romanized: ʾarz lubnāniyy), is a species of tree in the genus Cedrus, a part of the pine family, native to the mountains of the Eastern Mediterranean basin.
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Laurent d'Arvieux in 1660 counted 20 trees; [11] and Henry Maundrell in 1697 counted 16 trees of the “very old” type: Sunday, May 9 The noble (cedar] trees grow amongst the snow near the highest part of Lebanon; and are remarkable as well as for their own age and largeness, as for those frequent allusions made to them in the word of God.
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Maté is made by steeping dried leaves of the South American yerba-maté plant in hot water and is served with a metal straw (بمبيجة bambīja or مصاصة maṣṣāṣah) from a gourd (فنجان finjān or قَرْعَة qarʻah). Maté is often the first item served when entering a Druze home.