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The national symbols of Laos are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Laos and of its culture. Symbol [ edit ]
The National Emblem of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is a circle depicting in the bottom part one-half of a cog wheel and red ribbon with inscriptions [of the words] "Lao People's Democratic Republic", and [flanked by] crescent-shaped stalks of fully ripened rice at both sides and red ribbons bearing the inscription "Peace, Independence ...
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Protectorate flag of Kingdom of Laos: Ratio is 2:3. Influences: 12 Oct. 1945 - 24 Apr. 1946: State flag and civil ensign of Kingdom of Laos [4] [5] Three horizontal stripes, with the middle stripe in blue being twice the height of the top and bottom red stripes. In the middle is a white disc, the diameter of the disc is 4⁄5 the height of the ...
The order is awarded by H.E. The President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith. The order was established in 1995. There are three classes to be awarded merit class. The award is reserved for those who have made exceptional contributions to the development of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. This medal and its insignia were presented in Prime ...
About 50,000 people were killed in Laos in the course of the war, many of them Lao civilians. While the ethnic minorities who mainly populated the mountains of the Pathēt Lao areas suffered terribly as a result of the war, the majority of the Lao-Lum people in the Mekong Valley towns were little effected in a military sense.
The shock and trauma are evident in what women wove. Women were then, and remain today, “the backbone of Lao society,” said Linda McIntosh, a textile specialist in Luang Prabang, Laos.
Archaeological exploration in Laos has been limited due to rugged and remote topography, a history of twentieth century conflicts which have left over two million tons of unexploded ordnance throughout the country, and local sensitivities to history which involve the Communist government of Laos, village authorities and rural poverty.