Hey geogropeeps. Welcome back to Flag Friday. Hope you like the Greece episode.
Fun little side note: Handsome Luke was actually supposed to be in that episode because he's half Greek,
but he was too busy and couldn't make it.
That's okay though. You'll see more of him in the future episodes.
In the meantime, we got a flag to dissect, so without further ado...
Alright, Greece Greece Greece; the wonder of the Balkans. Let's see what this flag is up to.
There's barking dogs in my neighborhood.
I swear...
The flag is made up of nine equal horizontal stripes of sky-blue, alternating with white.
In the upper left canton corner lies a blue square with a white cross.
Now, when it comes to the nine stripes,
There are a number of different interpretations; and none of them are absolutely set in stone or official.
However, here are the most popular ones.
The nine stripes stand for the syllables of the phrase:
[Thanatos],
which means freedom or death. some say the strives even represent the letters of the word Esta Dia or
freedom others might say that they stand for the nine muses the goddesses of the Arts and
civilization nine also traditionally being the number that symbolized greece and many might also say that the colors simply represent the sky and sea as
Well as the clouds and waves as greece has had a particularly strong
Seafaring culture for Millennia the upper Blue Box with a white cross
Symbolizes the Eastern orthodox church the established religion of the greek people in greece and cyprus the flag was created in the 1820s
But wasn't officially adopted as the nations flag until nineteen sixty-nine and prior to that
They just used the blue field with a white cross to represent themselves
Especially after all that drama with the ottoman empire and now the coat of arms
this one is so simple the coat of arms is just a shield or as
Sketching if you want the proper term I hate that word
it's cutting it sounds like a like a [diseased] school item pay students get out your
Excursions the coat of arms is just a shield with a white cross on a blue backdrop
Surrounded by monochrome white and blue Laurel branches on each side you already know what the cross
Symbolizes and the laurel wreaths typically stands for victory and honor now keep in mind
I didn't mention this in the grease episode the grease was actually under a few kingdoms prior to becoming a republic and back then their
Court of arms looks pretty crazy, but that's a little irrelevant anyway that being said
Geography fan mail time okay this week was weird because I got this weird package sent to me and I have no [idea]
Why the Kimberly-clark?
Company decided to send me this box. I already opened it check it out
female adult Diapers Kimberly-Clark
Why did you send this to me look at that size?
Large x
Were you saying?
Kimberly-Clark this has nothing to do with anything on my youtube channel white plus you guys make a bunch of different products
Why would you send me female adult diaper?
This tampons would be more useful at least I could give that to my female friends
I think any of my female friends would want these oh shoot so our kimberly-Clark
Company kudos to you for helping out women that need these but for me
It's useless, so this is garbage next up. I got this letter from
Dollar on
From India nepal I've been your subscribers since the argentine episode
I keep looking forward to the geography new episodes
And I'm eagerly waiting for the India episode so am [I] I live in a small town
Sony pot which is near our capital City Deli. Take good care of yourself?
I am sending you some stamps from my stamp collection. Hope you like them to look at me
These are really cool are these like old stamps look at that. This is cool. Thank you so much [ngo] next up
We got a letter from George from Florida Dear Paul. I am a seven-Year-old boy named George
What are your best [traveling] secrets on the back he drew Korean flag and a philippine flag I'm guessing you might be either
Filipino or korean or maybe both I don't know are you a mix george George?
I have so many travel secrets for one unless if you absolutely
need a big clunky item pack light number two always hang out with
Locals or make friends with the locals the locals know their country the best
They will be your best source of help during your travels number three learn some of the language
even if it's a country where English is incredibly prevalent still learn some of it next up is this postcard from
Stuttgart from Jerome cool school from Stuttgart is dead. I pronounced it right who's cusco
That word has a little be looking s [sounds] the beautiful city in the south of Germany home to Mercedes-Benz
porsche and the best beer outside of Bavaria also
We have the second biggest oktoberfest after munich stay cool Jerome well let's put Stuka on the map Shall
We this place looks cool. Go here stood calm, and finally we have this letter from mohammed and Shenyang from MalaySia
Some cool stuff in here ah cool another letter. There's all these cool postcards
There's a fishing village in the east coast of peninsular Malaysia is a typical scene of a street in penang
This is the Istana, Negara or national Palace and of course top sites in Kuala lumpur. Hey there Barbie
Hope you are well [and] reading this my very first video was your Australia episode
But only at Belarus and barbados did I start to watch it weekly [ah] thanks man
I can't wait for the MalaySia episode you, too
Can I I [have] included a few postcards together with this note?
If only you were able to go to these places instead of just having a meal in Johor Bahru
I know right? I only got to see one small place in Malaysia. I'd also put a little money inside the
Unpack it for your collection may this envelope safely reach you in Los Angeles
I'm fine doing good health [mohammed] and sheen 10 malaysian money is so cool-looking look at that. It's so colorful
I actually still have some banknotes and money from Malaysia, but I don't have any coins and the brass gold looking send coins
Thank you, Mohammedan chignon. So anyway. That's that interesting stuff. Thank you geographies for sending all your fan mail. I appreciate it
It's really awesome except for you Kimberly-Clark, and why did you send this anyway?
I hope you look forward to watching the grenada episode you guys rock steak will stay tuned