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Alba Fernández introduces a presentation on world flags and vexillology, the study of flags. She explains that vexillology examines the history, symbolism, and usage of flags as well as flag precedence. When designing flags, there are rules regarding elements, divisions of the field, and appropriate colors. Many geographic regions share similar flag designs and color palettes, though there are exceptions. For example, Ireland and Ivory Coast have similar flag patterns despite different locations. The flags of Romania and Chad are also identical aside from a slight color difference in one stripe. Some flags have unique shapes, like Nepal's two triangular sections or the square flags of the Vatican and Switzerland.

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Alba Fernández introduces a presentation on world flags and vexillology, the study of flags. She explains that vexillology examines the history, symbolism, and usage of flags as well as flag precedence. When designing flags, there are rules regarding elements, divisions of the field, and appropriate colors. Many geographic regions share similar flag designs and color palettes, though there are exceptions. For example, Ireland and Ivory Coast have similar flag patterns despite different locations. The flags of Romania and Chad are also identical aside from a slight color difference in one stripe. Some flags have unique shapes, like Nepal's two triangular sections or the square flags of the Vatican and Switzerland.

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Good morning, everyone, I am Alba Fernández and with my presentation I am going to

introduce you in the fascinating field of world flags by revealing some curiosities and
interesting facts that you may not know about them.

But firstly, it is important to know that the study of flags is called vexillology. This science is
concerned with the history of all kinds of flags, their symbolism and usage as well as the
legislation that governs their precedencies in official acts (order of importance). Have you ever
asked yourselves about how the flags at the UN headquarters are ordered? This may be a
controversial question because all countries are equally sovereign, so no state can stand out
from the rest. Well, according the UN protocol, national flags of the member states must be
organized in English alphabetical order from north to south.

For its part, the art of designing flags is called vexillography. As you can see there is an entire
body of rules and norms that exists at the time of designing a flag, we have to take into
account the elements, the parts in which it can be divided the field, the different colors to use
etc.

Leaving aside these technical aspects lets focus on interesting facts of world flags. As you can
see in the slide, those countries that are located in the same geographical area tend to have
similar flag designs as for the colors and patterns used. For example, most countries from
northern Europe use the St. Olaf's Cross which recalls their Scandinavian origins. Similarly,
east Asian countries have in common the circle which symbolizes the sun. Regarding the colors
used we can recognize similar patterns as well since each region tend to use the same color
palette. Nevertheless, this is not an universal rule. For example, what happens with Ireland an
Ivory Coast? Each is located in different parts of the world and still having similar patterns, the
same with Costa Rica and Thailand, but perhaps the most shocking case is the one of Romania
and Chad. Both countries have nothing in common regarding culture, traditions, language or
history but their flags are identical. The sole difference is that the yellow strip is slightly darker
in the Chad one.

Another curiosity is that not all flags are rectangular, there are few exceptions. For instance,
the flag of Nepal which is in the shape of two stacked triangles, or the ones of the Vatican and
Switzerland which are completely square.

Regarding the Chinese flag, the red represents the communist revolution, the larger star
represent the Communist Party of China, while the four that surround it are for the four social
classes mentioned by Mao Zedong. These are the peasantry, the working class, the petite
bourgeoise and the national bourgeoise. The case of Brazil is far more complex. The
arrangement of stars corresponds to nine constellations seen above Rio de Janeiro, an in total
there are 27 starts each representing one Brazilian state.

The newest flag in the world is the flag of South Sudan which was adopted in 2010.

Afghanistan is the country that most times has changed its flag, in total 15 times.

Denmark is the state with the oldest flag which, it dates back to 13th century

The flag of Paraguay has two different sides.

The country with the most colorful flag in the world is Belize with 12 colors

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