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Swedish language
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Syrianska flaggan, German
German language
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Aramäische Flagge) is the flag chosen by the Aramaeanist faction to represent the Aramean (Syriac)
Aramaeans
The Aramaeans, also Arameans , were a Northwest Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who originated in what is now modern Syria during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age...
nation in the homeland and in the diaspora. Its design is based on that of a relief excavated by André Dupont-Sommer
André Dupont-Sommer
André Dupont-Sommer was a French semitologist.He specialized in the history of Judaism around the beginning of the Common Era, and especially the Dead Sea Scrolls...
(1900-1983) in the old Aramean village Tell Halaf
Tell Halaf
Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, near the Turkish border, just opposite Ceylanpınar. It was the first find of a Neolithic culture, subsequently dubbed the Halaf culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs...
, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
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In the flag design, the sun is replaced by a flame or torch, symbolizing the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit is a term introduced in English translations of the Hebrew Bible, but understood differently in the main Abrahamic religions.While the general concept of a "Spirit" that permeates the cosmos has been used in various religions Holy Spirit is a term introduced in English translations of...
. The red background was chosen because of all blood that was spilled in the Syriac genocide. The yellow color is symbolizing the hope for a country of their own, since Syriacs are a people living without their own state
Irredentism
Irredentism is any position advocating annexation of territories administered by another state on the grounds of common ethnicity or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. Some of these movements are also called pan-nationalist movements. It is a feature of identity politics and cultural...
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External links
- http://www.muenster.de/~s_hanna/frames/fahne.htm
- http://www.suryoyena.org/geschichte.php?show=016