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Post by battara on Jul 18, 2009 16:42:26 GMT -5
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Post by paopadd on Jul 23, 2009 14:44:10 GMT -5
Dear Battara or Jose'; the flag is a Sulu panji or Sulu sultanate flag dated 1900 circa; this kind of flag appears in Sulu archipelago after 1899/1900; about the symbol you mentioned it's a great enigma!!!
Someone say the symbol on it is a comb meaning the female world (the male world is symbolized by a kris );we can find out these symbols ion some native (samal or Badjao flags) not on a Sultanate flag for some other scholars the white circle with the symbol on it symbolized a shield; i think that's not correct : we have many other Sulu flags with the circle and one or two stripes vertically or horizontally placed , so what's the meaning of them ? why they are so different from the symbol you mentioned ? "Your" symbol can represented a shield , better the back of the shield but we can't understand the reasons why they placed a shield showing its back side.... .
Few researchers say that the circle can symbolize the moon just... once again what's the symbol (black or blue ? ) on it ?
As you can see at present we have so many interpretations and so many few evidences; anyway, i hope i , or someone else will be able to explain this symbol very soon.
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Post by paopadd on Jul 23, 2009 14:51:55 GMT -5
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Post by paopadd on Jul 23, 2009 14:53:07 GMT -5
Here some other samples of Sulu panji or Sulu Sultanate flag.
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Post by paopadd on Jul 23, 2009 15:01:18 GMT -5
 This flag was the (supposed )Sulu flag flown during the "battle of the clouds": the battle of Bud Dajo. |
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Post by J Boling on Feb 12, 2014 23:03:05 GMT -5
I have one brought back by my grandfather (Troop K, 5th Cavalry) and he told my grandmother it was a cotton boll. Now, whether he heard that from another Gringo over there, or got it from :the horse's mouth," I do not know. Those with any green on them seem to be reinforcing the Muslim influence.
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Post by VeeVee on Feb 13, 2014 10:37:48 GMT -5
Do you have a photo of it that you can share?
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Post by VeeVee on Feb 13, 2014 14:06:35 GMT -5
Posting photo for 5thCav. Thanks for sharing.  |
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