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The current Lao flag was designed in 1945 by Maha Sila Viravong, a famous Lao nationalist, intellectual, and scholar of traditional Lao literature, history, and culture. As a member of the Lao Issara movement, he was tasked with creating a new Lao national flag that was to be distinct from the royalist red flag with the white three-headed ...
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 ]
Flag Date Use Description 3 Oct. 1893 - 8 Apr. 1945 19 Jul. 1949 - 22 Oct. 1953: 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.
Reverted to version as of 10:25, 24 May 2019 (UTC): image design more accurate. Moreover, previous file already present as File:3-head-elephant-laos-flag.svg: duplicates not necessary. 07:24, 17 July 2019: 512 × 341 (8 KB) Nawdsign: Updated to accurately depict elephant flag from 1960s: 10:25, 24 May 2019: 900 × 600 (27 KB) Tcfc2349: reduce size
Geometry and dimensions based on the Constitution of Laos – Article 91. The National Flag of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is dark blue with red edges and a white moon in the middle of the flag. The height of the flag is two-thirds of its width. The height of each red edge is one-half of the height of the dark blue area.
The Royal Lao flag is a three headed elephant referred to as an Erawan. The three headed elephant actually had the layered "umbrella" looking object over its heads as opposed to one on either side. This is a flag or coat of arms image from the Vector-Images.com web site.
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