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Thailand's national flag, ceremoniously raised each morning at 08:00
and lowered in the evening at 18:00 in
every town and village is composed of
five horizontal bands of red. white, and
blue. Outer bands of red representing the
nation enclose equal inner bands of white
evoking religion. The blue band, occupying
the central one-third of the total area.
symbolizes the monarchy. The harmony
of the design expresses ihe complementary
nature of these three pillars of the Thai nation.
This tricolourcd flag. first introduced
by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) in 1917,
replaced an earlier design in which a
white elephant was placed against a red background.
The Thai flag : Elephants
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