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Why These Flags Are So Interesting
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Mar 27, 2025
Not all flags are made the same. Especially these three-- Andrew explains why these countries in Asia have very particular flags and the meaning behind their strange designs.
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Hey, thanks for joining me for another conversation about flags
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Today, we're going to discuss some strange flags in Central Asia. Most flags follow some predictable rules
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Straight lines, red, white, blue, green, except for these. These are the Bhutanese, the Cambodian, and the Naples flags
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Hi, I'm Andrew McGarrity, co-founder of Bright Trip, and I'm going to tell you why these flags are so strange
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First, Bhutan. Bhutan is a small mountain country nestled into the Himalayas
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The Bhutanese often called their country Drukyol, land of the Thunder Dragon
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Wait, full stop, thunder dragon? I mean, don't mess with Bhutan. Mythology suggests that thunder is actually the voice of a dragon roaring
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The jewels at the dragon's claws represent Bhutan's wealth as a nation
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and the rest of the flag is divided into gregers. gold and orange triangles. The gold represents the power of the dragon king. Now we go from
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dragons to ancient temples. Cambodia. There's one thing about the Cambodian flag you can't ignore
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The 12th century temple which is Cambodia main tourist attraction anchor wide The temple is nothing short of amazing so I get why they put it on their flag
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Largest religious monument on the planet, 5 million tons of sandstone used to build it
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took 35 years, 300,000 laborers, 6,000 elephants to complete it. Yeah, it belongs on their flag
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And by request, Nepal. You're right, something is strange afoot here. Nepal can boast of having the only non-rectacular flag in the world
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There's no definitive reason for its shape, but some think it might mimic the shape of the flags traditionally flown on Hindu temples
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I think it's for practical reasons. Nepal is windy. It's in the mountains, and a square flag would just fray
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There you have it, three strange flags and the rationale behind them
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At Bright Trip, we make travel courses to help you prepare and prepare and you're just fray
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and travel smarter. You can check out our ever-growing library of courses at brighttrip.com
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slash courses. We'd love to talk about maps. We love to talk about flags. So we're going to
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keep this conversation going about flags. Let us know what you want us to talk about and
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what's interesting for you. Thanks
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