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3) official State symbols and insignia (flags, coat-of-arms, anthems, banknote designs, and other State symbols and insignia) the protection of which is regulated by other legal acts; 4) officially registered drafts of legal acts;
The flag of Samogitia depicts the coat of arms on a white background. It is a swallowtail flag. [19] A variant of the flag charged with the greater coat of arms additionally has a red border around the flag. [20]
3) official State symbols and insignia (flags, coat-of-arms, anthems, banknote designs, and other State symbols and insignia) the protection of which is regulated by other legal acts; 4) officially registered drafts of legal acts; 5) regular information reports on events; 6) folklore works.
The flag was officially designated in 1918, and was re-instituted in 1988. Yellow represents the sun, light, and goodness, green symbolizes the beauty of nature, freedom, and hope, and red stands for the land, courage, and the blood spilled for Lithuania. The colors of the flag also appear in clothing, URLs [dubious – discuss], and team uniforms.
Samogitians (Samogitian: žemaitē, Lithuanian: žemaičiai, Latvian: žemaiši) are the inhabitants of Samogitia, an ethnographic region of Lithuania.Many speak the Samogitian language, which in Lithuania is mostly considered a dialect of the Lithuanian language together with the Aukštaitian dialect. [1]
Samogitia has a flag and a coat of arms dating from the time of the Duchy of Samogitia; [citation needed] these symbols are considerably older [citation needed] than the flag of Lithuania. Lithuania Minor has a flag used since the 17th century, [citation needed] and an anthem originating from the 19th century
Samogitia and Lithuania proper in a 1712 map by Henri Chatelain. The Duchy was located in what today is several counties (apskritis) in Lithuania: a small part of Kaunas County (Kauno Apskritis), the western part Šiauliai County (Šiaulių Apskritis), Tauragė County (Tauragės Apskritis), Telšiai County (Telšių Apskritis), the northern part of Klaipėda County (Klaipėdos Apskritis) and ...
3) official State symbols and insignia (flags, coat-of-arms, anthems, banknote designs, and other State symbols and insignia) the protection of which is regulated by other legal acts; 4) officially registered drafts of legal acts; 5) regular information reports on events; 6) folklore works.