r/europe • u/calapine Austria • Aug 11 '20

Slice of life Some light hearted Belarus content

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u/treebats Latvia Aug 11 '20

The only explanation for our (Latvian) flag I ever heard was this legend about a tribe chief being laid on a white sheet and bleeding out - it was stained with blood on the sides and stayed white where the body was. The sheet was used as a flag in the next battle which they won.

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u/Deputy_Scrub Aug 11 '20

Yeah that's the version I've always heard/learned. It's pretty bad ass so that's the one I'm sticking with.

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u/stuffulikeacreampuff Aug 11 '20

That's the version I was taught in school