About Flags

FLAGS.

Sulekha Rani.R , PGT Chemistry, KV NTPC Kayamkulam 

The Bharat Scouts and Guides Flag

 

 The Bharat Scouts and Guides Flag shall be in dark blue color, the emblem in yellow colour shall be in the center of the flag with Ashoka Chakra in blue color. The size of the flag shall be 180 cms. In length and 120 cms. in width, the emblem will be 45 cms by 39 cms. The size of the Group Flag, which is the same as above, shall be 180 cms X 120 cms. with proportionate emblem. The name of the group shall be written in a yellow color below the emblem in straight line. The Fleur-de-lis the International emblem of Scouting and Ashoka Chakra is meant to emphasize the all-India character of the Movement. The super imposed trefoil represents the guide wing of the B.S.&G.

The World Guide Flag

 

 

The World Guide Flag, which every guide must know how to draw and describe, is the symbol of the unity of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of the world.

        The design of Miss Kari as, Chief Guide of Norway, was chosen for our World Guide Flag

        It is used at International Guide Camps, Conferences, and can be used at enrolment ceremonies.

The golden trefoil is world badge and symbolizes the three fold Promise of the Guide. The colors were chosen to represent the sun shining in a blue sky. The two starts in the leaves of the trefoil remind us of the leading stars of our Guide life. The Law and the Promise, and the vein or line is like the compass needle, which guides us on the right cause. The trefoil rest on a flame like base and is a copy of the "feu" or fire of heraldry. It represents the spirit of service and the flame of the love for mankind, which burns in our hearts and is a symbol of our international out book. 

The World Scout Flag

  

The World Scout Flag consists of the World Scout Badge in white encircled by a white chord the ends of which are tied with a Reef-Knot, set on purple back ground; the size of the flag will be in the ratio of 3:2 Purple is the International color of Scouting the Knot is the symbol of the Scout Brotherhood. 

 

NATIONAL FLAG 

 

THE NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA  is in tricolour ( TIRANGA) of deep saffron (Kesari) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportions.

The Indian flag is a horizontal tricolour in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. The ratio of the width to the length of the flag is two is to three. In the centre of the white band, there is a wheel in navy blue to indicate the Dharma Chakra, the wheel of law in the Sarnath Lion Capital. This center symbol or the ‘CHAKRA’,  is a Buddhist symbol dating back to 200th century BC.

Its diameter approximates the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes, which intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation. The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation; the white, for purity and truth; the green for faith and fertility. 

The design of the National Flag of India was adopted by India’s constituent assembly on 22nd july, 1947. It’s use and display are regulated 

ABOUT FLAG  

THE FLAG PARTS:

• Flat Mast: The pole on which the flag is unfurled.
• Halyard: The rope which hauls the flag up or down
• Flat Mast: A short wooden piece attached to the top end of the stay rope at the hoist.
• Hem or Seam: The portion of the flag nearest to the flag mast.
• Fly: The portion of the flag away from the flag mast. It seems to fly.
• Cleat: A short piece of wood or metal fixed to the flag mast at the shoulder height to which the halyard is tied.

FLAG DOWN:

        Just before sunset or at the end of a program a fully uniformed member brings down the flag. He/she first unties the rope from the cleat and gives a long whistle, hearing which everyone stands alert towards the flag. He/she slowly brings the flag down and gives a short whistle indicating completion. No one salutes in this procedure.

                                                                                                                                                       

PATROL FLAG:

        You can't very well imagine a real Scout Patrol without a flag of its own-one that follows the gang wherever it goes.

        If you have taken over an old Patrol, you are fairly certain to have a flag already. Take good care of it. Many of the traditions of the Patrol are tied in with the flag!

        If you're a new Patrol, get busy and get yourself a flag. To start with, you may decide to buy one of the flags that are available through the National Supply Service-the printed or the embroidered one. But, eventually, you will want to make your own. Then it is completely up to your gang to design exactly the kind of flag you want.

        To get your design, try an "art contest" in the Patrol. Divide the gang into buddies, and challenge each buddy team to produce a rough sketch. Place the sketches on exhibit for everyone to see and vote for the best.

        Then set out to get it made n whatever material you like. It pays to use a material that is strong and tough, of a colour that will stand rain and sun without fading. Green is good. So is light khaki.

        Making the Patrol flag should be a Patrol job, not a one-man affair. Get one boy to make the final design, another to secure the material and transfer the design to it, still another to do the painting. One boy cuts the staff in the woods, someone else carves it, and one more boy gets hold of streamers to hang from its top.

        When you have the flag ready, remember that it does not become a real Patrol flag unless it follows the Patrol wherever it goes. The dates and place names on the staff are put their not only to show where the Patrol has been, but also so that the flag can say, "I was there, too, by golly!" Before you know it, the boys will instinctively feel that something is wrong hen their emblem isn't with them.

        As the flag begins to stand for the traditions of the Patrol, there are a number of things you can do to it.

        If a boy distinguished himself in someway, his initials may be painted on the flag. If a majority of the fellows earn a certain Merit Badge, that Badge can go on the flag. Ribbons of many different colours tell of important hikes and camps the Patrols have been on.

                                                                                                                                                       

FLAG FOLD:

        Two persons are needed to do this. One person will hold the flag at each end fold it in half lengthwise, as in the diagram. The toggle is on the top; bottom end of the rope on the same side of the flag. The opposite end of the flag is spoken of as the 'fly' end. Now fold lengthwise again as in the diagram. Remember that the person at the hoist end of the flag should hold on that. Fold the flag inwards on to itself and if the flag is a large one, it may be necessary to do this twice, and then roll it up as tightly as possible from the doubled end. Twist the rope once, round the rolled flag and push a loop of it under the turn as shown in the diagram. The flag is now ready for hoisting.

                                                                                                                                                       

FLAG HOIST:

        The flagstaff has rope attached to it, which slides on a pulley, or through a hole made on the top of the staff. This rope is called the halyard. The cleat on which the loose ends of the halyard are wound is usually a piece of wood or a clamp attached to the flagstaff, about four feet from the bottom.

        Attach the end of the right hand halyard to the toggle, with a clove hitch, slipped completely over the toggle, and attach the left hand end of the halyard to the loop at the end of the rope fixed to the flag, with a Sheet Bend. Now pull carefully on the halyard above the Sheet Bend until toggle reaches the top of the pole. Hold both ends of the halyard firmly and wind the rope on which you have been pulling, round the cleat until all the slackened rope is wound up. Finish it off with a half hitch, taking care not to pull on the halyard, which is attached to the loop. The flag is now ready for breaking.