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>> Q&A about History & Culture
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Greek flag |
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I am interested on any information you can give me about the Greek flag. Thank you. |
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| The Greek flag is called "Galanolefci" which means "blue and white". The cross is now situated in the upper left corner, and symbolizes the Christian faith.
Blue being the colour of the sea, and Greece being a seafarers country, makes it an obvious choice of colour. Blue is also a lucky colour, which will ward off evil according to superstition.
White is the colour of freedom, and that is something the Greeks hold very dear after years of enslavement under the Turks.
The nine stripes each symbolize a syllable in the Greek motto of freedom: E-LEY-THE-RI-A-I-THA-NA-TOS, which translates Freedom or Death. |
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