The Wiphala (top image) is a flag representing the native peoples of all the Andes that include today’s Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and parts of Argentina, Chile and Colombia. It represents the Inca Empire and each of its former four regions. The Wiphala consists of seven horizontal stripes representing the 7 colours of the rainbow
The Buddhist flag (second image) is a symbol of all forms of Buddhism around the world. It consists of six vertical colored segments, the first five of which are usually blue, yellow, red, white, and orange, while the sixth is a combination of the first five.
The Pace flag (third image) in Italy was first used in a peace march in 1961, inspired by similar multi-coloured flags used in demonstrations against nuclear weapons. It became popular with the Pace da tutti i balconi (“peace from every balcony”) campaign in 2002, started as a protest against the impending war in Iraq. The most common variety has seven colours, purple, blue, azure, green, yellow, orange and red, and is emblazoned in bold with the Italian word PACE, meaning “peace”.
The LGBT pride flag (last image), sometimes called ‘the freedom flag’, was popularized as a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride and diversity by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978. The different colors symbolize diversity in the gay community, and the flag is used predominantly at gay pride events and in gay villages. The colors were designed to symbolize: red (life), orange (healing), yellow (sunlight), green (nature), blue (harmony), and purple/violet (spirit).
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on YCP we’re building a massive PHOTO RAINBOW for HUMANITY here on tumblrwith your help: submit your photographs in which one of these colours exist in most of the photo so you can be part of it!
This Massive Rainbow for Humanity is a collab between:
YCP / PixelUnion / Artchipel / Lensblr / MutantSpace / 2HeadS
Help building a rainbow for the sake of humanity!
(more info here)
cheers,
G.Benard
