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Nepal's One-of-a-Kind Flag

The only national flag in the world that isn't a rectangle

Vad är det?

Almost every country's flag is a rectangle. Nepal's is not! It is made of two stacked triangles, like two pointed pennants on top of each other. It is the only national flag in the world shaped this way.

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The shape comes from the tall, snowy Himalayan mountains, the two triangles look a little like mountain peaks. The flag is a deep red, the colour of Nepal's national flower, the rhododendron, with a bright blue border around the edge.

Inside the flag are two white shapes from the sky. The top triangle holds a moon, and the bottom triangle holds a sun. People say they carry a wish: that Nepal will last as long as the sun and the moon are in the sky.

The design is very old and is fixed by special rules, there is even a step-by-step maths recipe for drawing it exactly right. Because it is so unusual, children all over the world remember Nepal's flag the moment they see it.

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Diskussionsfrågor

  1. 01Nepal's flag is shaped like its mountains. If you designed a flag for your area, what shape or pictures would show where you live?
  2. 02The sun and moon stand for 'lasting a very long time'. What symbols would you use to mean 'forever'?
  3. 03Most flags use the same rectangle shape. Why might a country choose to be different?
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Design a flag that isn't a rectangle. Cut your own flag shape and add symbols that mean something about you or your class. Then draw Nepal's flag, two triangles, a sun and a moon, and compare.