Transparent (banner)
Banners are used at demonstrations or other mass events to convey opinions in a striking way. Mostly they consist of a piece of fabric that is worn in front of or next to the demonstration or held over the heads of the demonstrators with the help of poles. In the case of unmoved demonstrations, such as vigils and sit-downs , banners are often attached to trees, street lamps or traffic lights, etc., or attached to house facades for permanent expression of opinion, which is often seen on occupied houses .
Closely related to the politically motivated banner are the terms banners and banners . Banners, banners and banners can be made by demonstration participants - more or less spontaneously - themselves. Often, however, they are also procured by interested organizers and made available to the participants, possibly only temporarily.
origin
Transparent originally referred to a luminous image, i.e. an image applied to translucent material, illuminated from the back, later illuminated billboards and the like, finally the term was transferred to posters and banners labeled with slogans during demonstrations.
Legal
Germany
In some federal states (including Berlin), banners that are carried along the elevator (side banners) are almost always limited to a maximum length of 150 centimeters by the notice of restrictions. The knotting of banners or the pulling of ropes into them is also mostly prohibited. This is intended to give the police easier access to the demonstration in order to arrest criminals from the assembly if necessary.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Pfeifer (Ed.): Etymological Dictionary of German. 2nd Edition. 1993. Transparent. In: Digital dictionary of the German language . Retrieved September 3, 2019