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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]
A decorated cross with offerings during the Day of the Cross in El Salvador. In El Salvador, the Day of the Cross ("Día de la Cruz" in Spanish), as it is known, is celebrated on May 3. This celebration is not considered an official government or church holiday; it only marks the beginning of the "wet" or rainy season in winter.
The three crosses pattée symbolize Christopher Columbus's three ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. The Purpure color of the crosses represents the Spanish language and comes from the ancient use of this color in the lion of the Kingdom of León's flag, which was later incorporated with the Crown of Castile. [1]
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In the Adinkra symbol system, a version of Solomon's knot is the Kramo-bone symbol, interpreted as meaning "one being bad makes all appear to be bad". In Latvia, when Solomon's knot is used on textiles and metal work, it is associated with time, motion, and the powers of ancient pagan gods.
A God's eye (in Spanish, Ojo de Dios) is a spiritual and votive object made by weaving a design out of yarn upon a wooden cross. Often several colors are used. Often several colors are used. They are commonly found in Mexican , Peruvian , and Latin American communities, among both Indigenous and Catholic peoples.
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In heraldry, the cross is also called the Santiago cross or the cruz espada (English: sword cross). [1] It is a charge, or symbol, in the form of a cross.The design combines a cross fitchy or fitchée, one whose lower limb comes to a point, with either a cross fleury, [2] the arms of which end in fleurs-de-lis, or a cross moline where the ends of the arms are forked and rounded.