23/07/2022
โPor la Razรณn o la Fuerzaโ ๐จ๐ฑ
๐ San Pedro de Atacama, Chile ๐จ๐ฑ
19/04/2019
Flags are quite cool, huh? Almost random patterns on fabric that somehow bring about so many emotions in people - I certainly feel a sense of delight when I see Y Ddraig Goch flying high ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
As part of this unifying spell that flags cast upon us, they remind us where we are, and whoโs in charge here. This is no more true than in Chile, where around a third of the countryโs population lives in or around the capital city of Santiago - much of the rest of the country is either the arid Atacama or piercingly chilly (or Chile!) Patagonia - so having the flag fly high above these remote places can still encourage that sense of shared identity, especially in the earlier times of a young country like Chile, where the quest for territorial expansion and nation-building was significant.
I quite like the Chilean flag, it is simple but unique (other than its striking but entirely coincidental similarity to the Texan flag!), and as far as we know its origin derives from the Mapuche depiction of the โmorning starโ or, as we now know it, the planet Venus, which is a nice touch.
One of my favourite ever flags is actually that of the Magellanes Region in the south of Chile, but thatโs another story.
Whatโs your favourite flag, and why?