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Druk-Gyal-Khab (Druk-Yul)

Flag adopted 1969, coat of arms adopted 1980.

Meaning and Description
Bhutan is a Bhuddhist state where power is shared by the king and government. The country's name in the local dialect means Land of the Dragon. In Bhutan, thunder is believed to be the voices of dragons roaring. In about 1200, a monestary was set up called the Druk (Thunder Dragon) with a sect called the Drukpas, named after it. The name and the emblem of the dragon have been associated with Bhutan ever since. The dragon on the flag is white to symbolize purity.

The two colors of the flag, divided diagonally, represent spiritual and temporal power within Bhutan. The orange part of the flag represents the Drukpas monasteries and Buddhist religious practice, while the saffron yellow field denotes the secular authority of the dynasty.

Regarding the dragon, it represents Druk, the Tibetan name for the kingdom of Bhutan. The jewels clamped in the dragon's claws symbolize wealth. The snarling mouth represents the strength of the male and female deities protecting the country.
Source: Ultimate Pocket Flags of the World, DK Publishing Inc., 1997
Phil Nelson, 4 March 1999

Regarding the colours:
Smith (1975) uses orange and red-orange respectively
DK Pocket Book (1997) uses saffron yellow and orange (same as used by Smith for upper triangle!)
Album des Pavillons (1995) mixes both: saffron yellow of DK Pocket Book and red-orange of Smith
Pedersen (1970) uses proportion 4:5, orange and maroon, and a dragon facing the hoist
Ivan Sache, 21 Jun 1999

The Kingdom of Bhutan has no Bill of Rights (Vagnat and Poels, 2000).
Ivan Sache, 24 December 2002

What seems to be the official website of the Bhutan tourism ministry at http://www.kingdomofbhutan.com/kingdom.html describes the flag as yellow over orange, with the shades used in the illustration are close if not identical to those in Sammy Kanadi's image above. The dragon is a reference to the local name of the country, according to the tourism ministry site. Druk-yul is Bhutanese for Bhutan; druk means dragon.
Joe McMillan, 21 February 2003

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