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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 ...
horizontally striped red-blue-red national flag with a central white disk. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 2 to 3. In 1353 King Fa Ngum proclaimed the “Kingdom of the Million Elephants and White Parasol,” basing the name on those traditional symbols of the Lao people.
Historia. Obecna flaga Laosu obowiązuje od 1975 roku, kiedy to 2 grudnia została zatwierdzona przez nowy socjalistyczny rząd po obaleniu monarchii. Do tego czasu flaga Laosu była czerwona ze trójgłowym białym słoniem (oznaczającym boga Erevan) pośrodku.
Adopted in 1945 as the national flag of Laos and re-used on 2 nd December 1975 when the King was toppled and the government was taken over by the communist Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), the current Laos national flag is one of the few communist-style flags not featuring a star.
The Laos flag was officially adopted on October 12, 1945,and readopted on December 2, 1975. It replaced the red flag with tripple-headed elephant used by the Kingdom of Luang Phrabang. The flag of Laos consists of three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band.
An original 1960s Kingdom of Laos flag with fringe. 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.
31 mar 2024 · History of the Laos Flag. Laos had its monarchy rule since the 14 th century. When Laos became a French protectorate in 1893, it raised the French tricolor. When Laos became a kingdom in 1945, a new flag was adopted. The flag featured a three-headed white elephant and a candle emitting rays on a red background.
