CHALDEAN FLAG :

The INTERNATIONAL CHALDEAN Flag 1985 :
The two blue vertical lines (1987 versions and up) represent the eternal rivers Tigris and Euphrates which spring from the north and flow into the south of the Mesopotamian Land (The Chaldean Gulf / Tam-Ti-Sa-Mat-Kaldi) in the ancient Babylonian language.
The sun (Eightfold Star) represents the Babylonians' symbol of Law and Justice, the two internal circles Yellow (Sun), Blue (Moon) representing the Chaldeans Babylonians' cultural contributions to the human history especially in Astronomy and Math . The eightfold sun is designed in the Mesopotamian Chaldean style.

The INTERNATIONAL CHALDEAN EMBLEM 1997 :
The sun (Eightfold Star) refers to the aforementioned definitions of the Flag.
The effervescent vessel ( The Life Spring ) is a Mesopotamian symbol that refers to fertility, renewal, and growth. So here the vessel stands for the Land of the two rivers, whereas the two right and left currents represent the Tigris and the Euphrates.

CHALDEAN FLAG & EMBLEM, Their purpose :
Using them in the national festivities and ethnical occasions and celebrations, also for acknowledging the cultural contributions of our Chaldean people.

THE FLAG DAY : MAY 17th
To honor the Chaldean King Nabopolassar (Nabu-apla-uSur) who liberated Babylonia on Ayar 17, 4674C. (May 17th, 626 BC) and assumed throne of the greatest capital of the ancient world on Tishreen II / Nov. 23, 626 BC.

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