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![[Bhutanese Druk National Congress]](../images/b/bt}dnc.gif)
2:3 by Corentin Chamboredon, 2 April 2007
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The flag of the Druk National
Congress, from Bhutan. Druk is
the Dzongkha word for dragon/thunder. It appears also
on the national flag. The party's website tells us
more about the flag:
"Blue, the colour of the sky, which envelops the world
in oneness of which Bhutan is a part, symbolizes
prosperity in diversity. The GOLDEN KHORLO TSIPTONG
(Thousand Spoke Chakra) offered by Tshangpa Dongshi
(Lord Brahma) to Gautama Buddha after his entitlement
to re-establish Dharma and thus bring peace to mankind
symbolizes a similar effort to live up to the ideals
of AHIMSA, the essence of all religions. The WHITE
DRAGON symbolizes a peaceful Bhutan. Ever since
Shabdrung Nawang Namgyel, the unifier and founder of
Bhutan gave it the name DRUK GYALKHAB (Dragon Country)
and thus called all its inhabitants DRUKPAS
(inhabitants of the Dragon Country), the Dragon has
come to symbolize Bhutan. Its whiteness symbolizes the
peaceful nature of the Dragon."
Source: http://www.bhutandnc.com/dnc.htm
Corentin Chamboredon, 2 April 2007