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Humanities: Cambodia
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Oct-28-2011
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Who has heard of the people's republic of Kampuchea by chance? I sure did not till recently. Located in the southeastern part of Asia, this country was ruled by the French in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Who has heard of the people's republic of Kampuchea by chance? I sure did not till recently. Located in the southeastern part of Asia, this country was ruled by the French in the mid-nineteenth century. Its inhabitants know this country as "Kampuchea," and the French name for this country was "Cambodge," anglicized as the more commonly known Cambodia. The country's flag has changed over time. The current flag is hoisted on Cambodian flag poles and has been in use since 1993.
Democratic Kampuchea flew a red colored banner at one time, which featured the symbol of a temple. This banner was the fifth national ensign since 1945. All the flags, however, have had in common the use of the symbol of a temple. The current design of the flag also features a temple, which displays nicely from Cambodian flag poles, especially tall commercial flag poles. "Angkor Wat" is the country's greatest national monument and temple, which was built in the 13th century.
The red color has also appeared in all the flags flown by Kampuchea of which we have records. The current design of the ensign displays three colors: blue, red and white. The temple is displayed in white on a red colored horizontal band. There are a total of three horizontal bands. The center red colored band has a blue band on both the top and bottom side.
Following the rule of communist forces known as the "Khmer Rouge," and back in 1979, Democratic Kampuchea was conquered by another group of Cambodian Communists, backed by the army of Vietnam. The people's republic of Kampuchea was officially proclaimed and a new flag was hoisted on small and tall flag poles throughout the land. It differs from the red colored flag only in having a temple of five towers instead of three in the center.
The Khmer Rouge controlled Communist regime came to end in Cambodia in 1979, after ruling for some 4 years. Following their loss of control of the nation, they survived as a so-called "shadow state," which was supported by China.
The national flag that was hoisted on Cambodian flag poles from 1979 through 1989 featured a similar design. This design differs from the flag of Democratic Kampuchea only in having a temple of five towers instead of three in the center. The same temple is represented on a red disk in the coat of arms of this respective southeastern Asian republic.
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http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Humanities: Cambodia_97421.aspx
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