Aramaic flag
The Aramaic flag was redesigned in 1980 by the Aramaic magazine Bahro Suryoyo and is considered the national flag of the Aramaic people . The Aramaic flag has no official name, it is simply called Otho or Otho Suryoyto among the Aramaeans .
Description and meaning
The Aramaic flag is a red flag with a yellow, torch-headed eagle in the middle.
The flag design is based on the relief of the Aramaic King Gabara from the 9th century BC. The old relief depicts two bull men carrying a winged solar disk that André Dupont Sommer excavated near Tell Halaf in the former Aramaic kingdom of Bit-Bahiani. In ancient relief, the head of the winged eagle represented the sun, which for many peoples became the sun god .
The Arameans who have become Christians replace this sun with a Christian torch. The torch symbolizes the Christian deity (especially the Holy Spirit). The four stars stand for the four rivers Euphrates , Tigris , Gihon and Pishon , which have their source in Paradise. The red background was chosen because of the blood that the Aramaeans shed during the various pogroms and genocides. The yellow color represents the hope of getting a new state of its own.
See also
Web links
- Flag dictionary: Aramaeans (accessed July 23, 2017)
- Yakub Nassar: The Story of the Aramaic Flag (accessed July 23, 2017)