the swastika is a symbol now frowned upon, but like many things, it is ignorance, ignorance that leads to what is called globalization or what some also call and alienation ... the Gringolizacion is what makes us to ignore things that general culture would make us see some things not so bad as not teaching. The European Union has received requests to ban the swastika because of its association with Nazism, hatred and racism.
The issue has become has become relevant after Prince Harry, the UK, appeared wearing a Nazi uniform for a costume party, which caused a scandal at home and abroad .
But the symbol has been present in history long before Adolph Hitler.
is a sort of cross with arms bent at right angles , right or left. In geometric terms is known as irregular icosagon, ie a polygon of twenty sides .
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| The swastika appeared in Rudyard Kipling's books until the rise of Nazism |
The word comes from Sanskrit " svastika "and means " well ahead. " In Indo-European culture was a mark made on people or objects to give them good luck .
The swastika has been around for thousands of years as a symbol in Hindu scriptures to mean luck, Brahma or samsara (rebirth).
may be prepared in the sense of clockwise or vice versa, and how points to the four directions suggests stability. Sometimes it has a dot between each arm.
is commonly seen in Indian architecture past and present , And the craft India, besides the ruins of the city Trojan . It has also been used in the Buddhism and Jainism , as well as cultural events Asia, Europe and America.
Rudyard Kipling, British writer of Indian culture, had a swastika on his books until the rise of Nazism made this inappropriate.
It was also a symbol used by the Boy Scouts in the United Kingdom, but was removed from the Medal of Merit in 1922 to Robert Baden-Powell, after complaints were submitted the decade of the 30.
The swastika is rarely seen in Western architecture, but a design of interlocking symbols can be seen on the floor of the cathedral of Amiens, France. Appropriation
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also the name of a small town mining in northern Ontario , Canada, about 580 kilometers north of Toronto. The Ontario government's attempts to change the name of the town during World War II were rejected by residents.
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| The Nazi costume Prince Harry caused worldwide rejection |
But it is his association with the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP, according to their German acronym) in the 30's that sealed the fate of this symbol in Western society.
Before Hitler, the swastika was hired in 1870 by followers Schoenerer pan-Germanic r, an Austrian anti-Semitic policy.
Its Nazi use of the belief that the German people descended from the Aryan culture. National Socialism considered the early Aryans of India as the prototypical white invaders and hijacked the sign as a symbol of Aryan racial superiority.
The party formally adopted the swastika or Hakenkreuz -the-swastika in 1920. This was used on its flag, badge, and armband. In "Mein Kampf", Hitler Adolfo wrote: "I myself, meanwhile, after innumerable attempts, had laid the final form; a flag with red background, a white disk and a black swastika in the center. After long trials I also found a definite proportion between the size of the flag and the white disk size and the shape and thickness of the swastika. "
Source: BBC
18/01/1905
On the Internet there are a lot of information about some symbols that do not normally use it well ... anything ... on the contrary trouble reading enriches us.
http://www.cienciapopular.com/n/Historia_y_Arqueologia/Esvastica/ Esvastica.php
http://www.belt.es/noticias/2005/enero/21/esvastica.htm
http://www.ciencia.net/VerArticulo/Esvastica---Origen-y- evolution% C3% B3n-del-s% C3% ADmbolo? idArticulo = 5143
