Flag of Laos Flag of Laos The flag of Laos consists of three horizontal stripes, with the middle stripe in blue being twice the height of the top and bottom red stripes. In the middle is a white disc, the diameter of the disc is the height of the blue stripe. The flag ratio is 2:3. The national flag of Laos was first adopted in 1945 under the short-lived Lao Issara government of 1945–46, then by the Pathet Lao. It is one of the two flags of a currently communist country (the other being Cuba) that does not use any communist symbolism and
Flag of Israel largest flag. This record has since been surpassed several times. The blue stripes are intended to symbolize the stripes on a "", the traditional Jewish prayer shawl. The portrayal of a Star of David on the flag of the State of Israel is a widely acknowledged symbol of the Jewish people and of Judaism. The Israelites used a blue coloured dye called '; this dye may have been made from the marine snail "Murex trunculus". This dye was very important in both Jewish and non-Jewish cultures of this time, and was used by royalty and the upper class in dyeing