Flag of Belarus TB

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Patch of the Flag of Belarus. The current national flag of Belarus was formally adopted on June 7, 1995, following a referendum voted on by the Belarusian people in the previous month. This new design replaced a historical flag used by the Belarusian People's Republic of 1918, before Belarus became a Soviet Republic, and again after it regained its independence in 1991. The current flag is a modification of the 1951 flag used while the country was a republic of the Soviet Union.

The national flag is a rectangular cloth consisting of two longitudinal stripes: red upper stripe and green lower stripe that are two-thirds and one-third of the flag width respectively. A vertical red-on-white Belarusian decorative pattern, which occupies one-ninth of the flag's length, is placed against the flagstaff.

The hoist pattern is of a traditional kind commonly used in Belarus which is derived from local plants and flowers. These patterns are sometimes used in woven garments, but most importantly in the traditional 'rushnik' – a woven towel used for ceremonial events like religious services, funerals, and other social functions. An example of their use would be a host offering his guests bread and salt served on a rushnik. On the current flag, the ornamentation is used to symbolize the cultural past, and current Belarusian unity.