Identity - that at one time to isolate the man from the animal world, made him special and put at the head of contemporary reality.Defining himself as a person, or a person belonging to any class, or, for example, to adhere to certain beliefs, led to the realization of the need to express their "special" that found a variety of incarnations throughout the world.
Types of self
tendency to release themselves from the crowd essentially was launched almost in the Stone Age - with the emergence of the need to separate areas of production, or the members of the various communities.Different color schemes used in the application of a special pattern on the body, said to belong to this or that tribal organization.Over time, began to play a similar role, and other phenomena: a particular hair braiding, special amulets, unique clothing, tattoos, rings around the neck or, for example, in a special way stretched earlobes.Some African tribes living far from civilization, still preserved the tradition, the beginning of which was laid in ancient times.
more common as a way to identify at the moment are the flags.Each country, county or region has its own heraldry and any football fan can determine your favorite team on its flag.
flag value
colored pieces of cloth, used since ancient times as a sort of marker - it's not just a way to point to the involvement of a particular race, country, team, or social movements.This is the easiest way to transfer data, invented by mankind.
on the flag of each noble family formerly adorned certain characters, paintings, with which even the most illiterate person can learn basic information about the family.The rudiments of this phenomenon have been preserved in the country's flag.The blue and yellow flag of Ukraine, for example, provides information on the numerous fields of the country, located mainly in the steppe zone.Fifty-stars on the American flag transmit information on the number of states and thirteen horizontal stripes - on the British colonies that formed the United States later.
Any images, symbols and color schemes are in these cases essential.Is no exception, and today the famous rainbow flag.
modern interpretation
Our world is peculiar alerting anything to match the events taking place.It not spared this fate and the rainbow flag.If we make a global social survey to determine the value of the symbol, the vast majority indicate a connection with sexual minorities.
Rainbow flag today has really become a kind of way to identify people who have initiated sex-change operations, and those who are gay.Often it can be found on the respective parades or as an accessory, underlining feature of the holder.
Thus, the rainbow flag today is clearly associated in humans with the LGBT community, and most of the world it does not cause any misunderstandings or grievances.
roots in antiquity
Obviously, coloring of the symbol was borrowed from nature, namely for such a phenomenon, like a rainbow, familiar to mankind since time immemorial, and described not only in the Bible, but also in all kinds of surviving pagan treatises.
For many nations the rainbow and today is a symbol of transformation, rebirth and proximity to the divine.For bundshu the Peasant War rainbow flag meant hope, change and a brighter future.A famous German reformer Thomas Munzer seven-color emblem identified with the symbol of the Eternal Divine Union.
Rainbow flag whose value is constantly changing, obeying the spirit of the times, has experienced many transformations and transformations.
world - the world
more familiar to contemporary humanity the value of this character has been determined in the early sixties of the twentieth century.If you ask any representative of the era that is the rainbow flag, he replied that it was a sign of the desire for peace and tranquility.In its current form, this standard was created by the famous Italian pacifist Aldo Kapitini.
installed then the value persists to date, confirmation of what occurred in 2003, during the war in Iraq.While every Italian can confidently talk about what it means rainbow flag: Seven Coloured logos were then posted on almost every balcony as a call for an immediate cessation of hostilities.
Feature "world flag"
is noteworthy that during this period the color on the canvas arranged in reverse order - from violet to red, and own logos adorn the corresponding inscription: Pace, Peace, Paix and Shalom, literally translated as "The World".
Heritage hippies
representatives of the subculture, and even used the rainbow flag, the peace movement did not consider his sole purpose.It is no secret that the hippies were absolute pacifists, but in their view represented the seven-colored emblem, rather, friendship, love and tolerance.
By and large, today's sexual minorities have borrowed this particular interpretation, making the rainbow flag as their emblem.Nevertheless Seven Coloured banners have undergone a transformation in this case: first, to the usual color was added to the eighth - pink, then the number of colors was reduced to six (from the spectrum disappeared blue and pink previously added).
