This Is Not the Flag of Nepal
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- The Flag of Nepal is in all likeliness the most-distorted national flag there is. Why is that so, what's up with its weird shape, and why are national flags rectangular in the first place?
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Love from Nepal
@0:47 How might one apply for that vacant position as Vice-President please?
Jamaica isn't basic
@@comicallylargemegaphone7579 Jamaica is the Best flag in the World in my opinion
I do wish more countries didn't default to the red, white, blue
It kinda waters down the color theory if almost every country claims the same values but insist on different cultures
As part of a "flags of the world" project in the first grade, I choose Nepal due to its unique flag shape. My teachers didn't believe me that it was non-rectangular, and made me have the white background. I am still mad about that.
Lmao being a "teacher" and being that ignorant
It always sucks when people are too arrogant to even consider the thought of being incorrect.
What's with teachers and just randomly picking like 3 things to be obnoxiously wrong about? One teacher always pronounced Ukraine as "The you-kraine" with a lot of emphasis and on the "you" and it drove me mad.
@@40watt53 is it not pronounced youcrane or do you just not like the emphasis
I had a similar experience. My teacher didn't believe me that 1 is not a prime number until I printed her an article about it.
"The Nepalese Constitution features a 'Create your Own Flag' section"
Me: Aw, how considerate
To be fair, a lot of constitutions have that. The section is just very short normally - example: Germany's constitution says "Die Bundesflagge ist schwarz-rot-gold." (The federal flag is black-red-gold.) There is an additional law that specifies the details. The french constitution is very similar in only stating the colours in order.
I've read it and made it using it. It's brilliant. The details and accuracy needed is unbelievable. It's so complex. You need letters from A-Z to label all the lines. It's complex... No one really uses it other than flag manufactures though.
@@rin_etoware_2989 I am german. Trust me, I know... :/
@@shambhav9534 Isn't it A-W?
@@rin_etoware_2989This isn't true. The temporary basic law got turned into the constitution. Germany even has a political organ called the "Bundesverfassungsgericht", literally meaning the federal *constitutional* court.
I think their flag is great. It fits really well for a mountainous nation.
@Carlos Guizar Thank you for *POINTING* that out
The two triangle describe the mountains and the sun and moon tell that until sun and moon are in sky Nepal will always be there🇳🇵🇳🇵❤️
KING PRITHIVI NARAYAN SHAH
Thanks
@@bi_shesh monarchy wont succeed brother
@@RhuBin02 I am not taking about monarchy I was telling that the description of Nepal flag above was from KING PRITHINARAYAN SHAH
That flag designer was kind of a bummer to talk to. Guess, he's just very introverted
Introverts are often the most grounded
@@vertsang5424
You're thinking of electricians.
His energy was flagging by then.
It was the culture of the region to have non rectangular (pointed) flags. Since Nepal was not colonized by any European country it sustains it's culture 🇳🇵.
@@Sulabh-Nepal
How does that relate in any way to this?
Nepal: “flags with 4 corners are for squares”
Nepal's flag has 4 corners. And 3 corners, and 2 corners, and 1 corner.
@@B3Band ???
4 cornered flags are for squares and rectangles!
@@shardtheduraludon you can count 4, 3, 2 and 1 corners on the Nepal flag right? There are five in total
@@philippplayz well, yeah but, every (national, current) flag has 4 corners 3 corners, and 2 corners, and 1 corner. It’s just something dumdum to point out
When i was in 6th grade we did a country for the whole year. I picked Nepal. I regretted picked it when it came time to make the flag. I slaved away all week trying to get it perfect. When i was done with it i was so proud of how it came out. When we presented it in front of the whole school, i was the only one with Nepal and the only one with a different flag. Kids were so confused by it. A lot of them hated it but I had a few that thought it was cool. Now the dessert rice pudding i tried to make for the project, now that was terrible.
Edit; thanks everyone for replying! It was probably a form of Kheer. I did reply down in the comments with some more details. Have a lovely day 😃
Thanks for showing interest for Nepal! 😊 🇳🇵
Did you know there’s a mathmatical equation do their flag
@@sirbobybob i was neutral about the flag then, i hate it now
If "making the flag" includes drawing them, Nepals flag isn't the most difficult to make (at least in my opinion). The flag of Belize contains stuff that is pretty difficult to draw.
I want to do that lol
No wonder, Nepal's flag is "The Most Mathematical Flag"
Nailed it
Not only mathematical, but also *meth* -ematical
Oh bhai tapai yaha aaunu vako thiyo? 🤩
nepali talking tom
no way its fucking nepali talking tom my boy im your biggest fan omg
The 'White Chunk', as I like to call it, is my spirit animal.
The issue is an easy fix, but I couldn't care less to carry out the said fix.
It would be harder than most think, IME, you can't just cut the fabric, as it would unravel at the cut, especially flapping about in the wind. You'd have to hem it over, meaning a complex printing so that the folded hem doesn't mess with the flag's design. Alternatively, if the flag is 100% synthetic, you could cut it with a hot knife that fuses the edges, but that would leave the edge rough and uneven. It would also be prone to cracking and let the flag start to fray anyhow. There's likely reason behind the laziness.
@@kauske And the first one of them: they just dont bother. I mean, its not that hard to cut fabric with machine cause other flags are cut out too. Almost nobody bother because they dont care for Nepal and thats really a shame
@@NotAGingerISwear Read my comment again, please. You missed the entire point.
@@kauske Bind the perimeter with blue bias-cut ribbon.
@@bsdnfraje Still costs more and requires more equipment. Most flag makers are doing it on the cheap, so they won't splurge for one flag that's atypical.
Nepal has by far the best flag. Haters just can't handle it.
Ya
No it's not its just a Unique flag Dosent means it's the Best font get me wrong I love the Nepal flag I ranked it top tier but it's not the best flag
@@femijames6529 Obviously you're just a hater living in denial if you seriously think the Nepal flag is only "top tier" and not the best flag there has ever been and the best there will ever be.
@@corv882002 And just because I don't find Nepal the Best flag in the world Dosent mean i hate it so stop Acting like a European forcing me to adopt to their Culture it's my opinion Sorry if it's a Crime to have an Opinion sheesh u sound very like Very Religious Karen that Complains if someone doesn't agree with their belief if u dont like my opinion then u can just piss off.
@@femijames6529 Com on now, if you couldn't tell the obvious sarcasm in "Haters just can't handle it." and complaining that you "only" think it's top tier, that's on you
flag do be great tho
one problem with the flag is that it frays a lot faster than most because of the shape of it, this is why the white version may be used even though you could just cut it
Must be pretty tricky in a windy day too.
That means we get to make more Nepal flags, I see no problem here.
Then one should just making it not having so much white, thing that I'm not aware if ever happened once.
Can't you burn the ends with a lighter to make it not fray?
Nepal's flag is very unique and it fits well because of there mountains
Alot of people don't know about Nepal but it is a really good Country
Nepal's flag has a blue border and a crimson red base with white moon and sun. The blue border represents the peace and harmony of nepali people
The red base represents the bravery
The white moon and sun signifies the hope that Nepal will endure as long as the sun and the moon are shining
@@foolhard6750 Nepalese katana made me lol 😂😂
As a Nepalese I'm finally happy to see someone talk about this I am tired of people putting our flag with a white side making it rectangular
Edit: wow most likes I have ever got
yes im nepali to and im tired of the white
Don't worry as an European I love the Nepali flag 🇳🇵. At least the emojis get your glorious flag right.
@Rajana Shrestha same
Yea
ya jai nepal
Keep up the good work.
Much love from Nepal 🇳🇵
The unicode icon looks about right for me
Was that on purpose?
@@zyansheep It's a symbol
(:
Help 🇺🇸
A long time ago Numberphile had a video on the Nepalese flag. It took so long to draw on graph paper that they had to cross-fade the footage to fit it into a reasonably-sized video. That said, I do admire the vast amount of geometry that goes into it.
fun fact: the official Belgian flag ratio is also almost a square: 13 to 15.
which makes it less distorted if you turn it into a flag than if you turn it into a 2:3 or 2:4 ratio.
Niger is also 6 to 7.
2:4 is 1:2
I think you a word.
@@Mick_92 no clue what I meant by my comment. I reckon I had intented to write ''if you turn it into an emoji'' but I haven't got a clue
@@deckie_ Oh, I was just doing a snarky comment. I'm pretty sure what you meant to say was "if you turn it into a *square* flag", so it's still understandable.
"The flag of nepal is different"
*laughs in venice*
"Venice is my city"
"The flag of Venice is different"
Me : *Laughs in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth*
@@gutentagichliebebretzel2571
AKA a completely normal rectangular flag
@@oracle372Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth wasn't square
@@gutentagichliebebretzel2571
You’re right, it wasn’t square, and the only square flag in the world is the Swiss flag! No, it was rectangular. Good job!
0:29 just a fun Switzerland fact: their flag is allowed to be rectangle if displayed amongst other flags that are rectangle. Switzerland being a true neutral yet again!
The instruction is to just keep the cross even length on all "arms" and center of the flag, iirc
That ties in with what I suspect is the reason so many countries have a flag which, at least in an acceptable variant, is rectangular with a fairly ordinary aspect ratio: to allow multiple flags of equal size to be shown together. If a display has flags from multiple countries, all of which are g. 120cm by 90cm, then there can be no question about whether the flags are the same size. If, however, there were some flags that were 120cm by 90cm but some that were 100cm by 100cm, then some people might complain that the extra height of the square flag gave it too much visual prominence, but others might complain that the larger perimeter of the 120x90 flag made it more prominent. Making all flags have the same height and width avoids such arguments.
The same goes for the UN flag, but at the UN offices all flags are usually 2:3.
Probably the coolest flag I’ve even seen!
Counter argument: Seychelles
How many flags have you seen
@@xXJ4FARGAMERXx All national flags and more
Also the coolest people😎
Legends Says 🇳🇵Five corners Represent Five Elements (Air ,Water,Fire, Space,Earth) & mountains
The Moon 🌕 and Sun 🌞 represent Universe
& The. Colors represent (Blood,Peace,Trust) isn't it's Unique..?
I've been to Nepal. It really nice country, with high mountains and clean and fresh weather.
"Clean and fresh weather"
*Cries in Kathmandu*
Im not even Nepalese but I always feel good when I see Nepal's flag amidst he common tricolor designs of others
@Абдульзефир yeah 2 countries flag have but only nepal has non rectangular and square flag
Omfg, I thought you were gonna say that the triangles I know and love were wrong somehow, and I was like, "gee jacksfilms is not gonna be happy" 😂
Glad to hear I had the right one in my brain, you were just talking about people adding that white bit. Which tbh I have never seen, but can't say that I see flags heaps everywhere anyway. And if I do see an event with many nation's flags on display, I don't automatically look for Nepal. But I will now! Thanks Kapa, you're great 🇦🇺🇦🇹🇳🇵
I thought the same thing 😆
Discord had it ruined for so long that I once created an emoji for the Nepalese flag on my server without the white.
As a fellow vexillological pedant, I was thrilled to see this video.
A little over a week ago I was having this exact conversation with some of my family.
You have earned yourself a like and a new sub my friend, kudos.
Thank you for making this, as a person who was brought up in the UK but originated from Nepal I enjoyed this
you mean your were born in nepal and raised in UK? I didn't understand
@@0xX_Chaos_Xx0 Born in the uk have massive heritage from Nepal
@@xirock1233 oh ok
@@xirock1233 you sold your heritage to the UK. Now, you are a UK citizen.
@@pramisgurung7134 wot mate, you make me sound like a slave, kinda cringe
In Denmark a swallow tail flag is often flown, however it is only someone representing the royal house who is allowed to do it. Normal people are however allowed to fly a pennant which is very long, narrow, and triangular.
Det er sandt
If I started my own country, it’s flag would be that last flag that he showed when he talked about the flag types.
That is a Vest.
That's patron logo maybe
would there be a oval colored white on it?
subscribed when you cut to the grave for the interview - made me laugh out loud. thank you
i just found this channel and when i watched the video i was like:
is this cgp grey's clone
Yeah this is pretty blatant
That white backgrounded one feel like the png scam when you download an image from internet.
3:42 FREEDOM INTENSIFIES
1:22 fun fact about the French flag, the blocks of color aren't all the same width, they are all slightly different to account for perspective/so when a it is on a flag pole and being viewed from the ground they look to be equal widths.
These days, that's only true of the naval version of the flag.
As a neapli person.I am so glad somebody talked about this.Nepal flag is not strange at all its just unquie! Thank you for giving nepal lots of love btw ❤
Idk about other countries but Nepalese Flag has a story
The Sun and The Moon represent that as long as there is sun and moon Nepal will still be there.
The crimson red is Nepal's national color, and it indicates the brave spirits of the Nepalese people.
The two triangles symbolize the Himalaya Mountains and represent the two major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism.
The blue border symbolizes the peace and harmony.
The moon symbolizes that the Nepalese are soothing and calm, while the sun symbolizes fierce resolve.
Hey, are the applications for vice president in the VPS still open?
Rectangular flags are boring. Never change Nepal.
hell yeah
it's merched and permanent,we don't plan to change it either.
the nepalese flag radiates chaotic energy, and i respect that. might take inspiration from them on the very slim chance i ever end up forming my own country.
Slim?
The explanation for rectangular flags coming from ships fits surprisingly well to the swiss naval flag being wider than tall
I love that a landlocked country has a naval flag.
For the non nepalese people I will like to elaborate more of it design and colour.The crimson red is Nepal's national color, and it indicates the brave spirits of the Nepalese people. The two triangles symbolize the Himalaya Mountains and represent the two major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism. The red triangular flag has been a Hindu symbol of victory since the time of Ramayana and Mahabharata. And lastly The emblems represent the sun and moon. They signify the hope that Nepal will endure as long as the sun and the moon are shining. Hope this will help you on anything related nepal flag and if you are interested more in it feel free to comment.
What about the blue?
@@elio7610Peace
A : "dont wanna join them?"
N : "No Nepal Not :)"
idk why this is funny but even it so simple
Ohio state flag: You aren't alone Nepal
Come back when u get independence and we can hangout in the unique shaped flag country club
Nepal flag the reason why its a triangle shape is because it represents the mountains our country is known for 8 of the 10 tallest mountains in the world including Mount Everest.
And the sun and the moon on the flag represents Hinduism and Buddhism.
@@Abeahdieheoidjdhksowwjjw No the sun and moon represents
The existence of Nepal will be till the the existence of the sun and moon... means It can't be conquering or colonized
@@nanilama7016 yes
It's not triangular, it's pentagonal.
@@magentamonster it’s a triangular flag
0:37 This flag of Nepal was sponsored by squarespace...
Every thing was sponsored by square space, raid, brilliant, skill share, and Nord VPN
@@dontforgetyoursunscreenand surfshark VPN and Express VPN
I will appreciate this. At Least, someone notice about this and informing world about the nepal's flag.
Thank You Very Much.❤
"No colors are more often used in flags than red, white and blue"
* Proud Dutch noises *
@Japish Thukral, Netherlands were first
Should've stayed a bit orange IMO hehe.
@Japish Thukral Russia literally took the Dutch flag and flipped it 90 degrees to invent the Russian flag.
@@MegaBallPowerBall no, they really didn't, since Russia's flag has horizontal stripes and goes in the order white, blue, red 🇷🇺. That is not a 90 degree flipped version of the Dutch red, white, blue 🇳🇱. The flag that appears closest to being a rotated Dutch flag is the French flag, which is blue, white, red from left to right 🇨🇵.
3:36 Why did you make Nepals flag a French flag?
Oh look! Tapk- Takpa- Tapak-
The flag guy has a new video.
Keep up the good work! - a nepali person
Is that irrational number geometrically significant, or is it just an unfortunate consequence of the flag's construction? Is it transcendental or algebraic?
Sidenote: I like your rhombic reimagination of Nepal's flag for your little nation Sim guys
There's no significance in it. It's just a byproduct of the way it is constructed. For further information, I'm really not the person to talk to, since my math skills are basic at best.
Thanks, I thought the rhombic version works really well too ^_^
@@Tapakapa Legends Says this 🇳🇵flags have mysterious hidden Massage like Five corners Represent The Five Elements Air, Water ,Space, Fire, Earth
& The Moon & Sun Represent The Universe,
The three colors represent , Blood , Peace ,Trust..
The red by itself makes it 3:4. They just fucked it up with a blue border cuz they didn't know any better.
It's algebraic.
@@andrasfogarasi5014 then what's the formula for the number (probably not the right word; like what operations on what integers get that number)
Red, white, and blue?
[American national anthem on electric guitar begins to play] 😎
Speaks a lot about how the US sees itself when the three most common flag colors (and the most common color combination) are portrayed as something uniquely American.
@@Tapakapa Yeah it's rather telling of the American worldview. There's a super patriotic song by Toby Keith written right after 9/11 called 'Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue' - great example of this in action.
Yah American flag is well known in world
Lov from Nepal
1:Nepal
2:Estonia
3:Norway
4:South Korea
5:Slovenia
6:Finland
7:Bhutan
8:Chile
9:GB IDK WHY
10:Finland
Honurable mentions Iceland and Brazil
Its my opinion
I love how Finland's flag is so good it takes both 6th and 10th place.
3:23
Constitution of Nepal 2072_full_english.pdf (mohp.gov.np)
Had to look it up its on page 221. Kind of cool
To be honest, if it wasn't for the flag... Nepal wouldn't be that relevant in the international scene.
nah! there's mt. eveerest and buddha too
Gurkhas "Nepali spldiers" prettty well known in United kingdom, India , singapore , etc
But still i kinda agree with your comment
Wouldn't be as relevant in the general knowledge of the population perhaps, however the flag of a country does not define nor influence that much in geopolitical relations between states.
Nepalese soldiers (serving in Gurkha regiments) have boots on the ground in more countries than most.
Kumari is pretty famous but western news have shown kumari practice biasedly
it’s one of the things i’m proud of being a Nepali ^^
Thanks for the video
I bursted into tears and started laughing when Nepal said:
Nepal not, no
Nepal noo,
never, nah,
nooo-hot
Feeling Proud to be NEPALI❤️❤️🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵
AYO WHO WATCHING FROM NEPAL RN!! 🔥
Btw what's the music at the end
Maybe in a QNA video you can show the differences between your English vids and your German ones?
Love the Nepal flag 🇮🇳❤🇳🇵🕉️💞
“I’m not like other flags”
I guess we take this shape because of banners.
They were always somewhat squared.
We just elongated them for style.
I was always under the impression that flags were rectangular because before photographs, flags were sometimes described in order to communicate what the flag looks like to someone who has never seen the flag but needed to make one for a situation. One example being a really weird but funky version of the flag of the United States of America created for John Paul Jones in 1779. Not sure if that's even true though
Is that the one with red with and blue stripes?
As for everything else, flag design started as a sunset of heraldry which has had a system of how to describe a design for centuries now, because coat of arms can be extremely intricate and so a tradicion was established on how to describe them so as to be able to be designed by other heralds. However, flags, according to vexillologist, should be simple to the point a child should be able to draw it.
Honestly, it's the price to pay. Flags are so common these days (haven't we all had at least one place in our school where a bunch of country flags hanged?) that they are assembly line products. You either join the standard or deal with the solution. You don't see Switzerland complaining about 🇨🇭, and that's because they understand that
I mean the fact that the flag at the UN is messed up shows they really aren't putting up a fuss lol
@@coreypowers2988 At the UN all the flags have to be the same size because countries get pissy about precedence, that's why taller than wide isn't an option there
I'm a professional flag designer and loved this. Great video!
These🇳🇵The five corners represent The Five Elements Air, Water ,Space, Fire, Earth & The Moon 🌕 & sun 🌞 Represent The Universe,The three colors , Red (Blood ) White (Peace) & Blue ( Trust).. the Nepaleas flag represent whole life system in the planet
@@pukarx2340 we didn't ask
@@gutentagichliebebretzel2571 so he didn't told you
Thank you for including NEPAL🇳🇵🇳🇵😍😍
Great video!
At the UN all flags are 2:3, so that's why it looks like that.
What's funny is that the UN flag will match the proportions of a member's flag in their territory or other location that it and a member's are officially displayed together.
Please tell me that the UN flag is a double triangle in Nepal.
@@stevenbobbybills
Not even sure, but I doubt it.
The UN purposefully displays every flag in the same aspect ratio
Nice video bro.
What's the next cgpgrey video you're going to make?
When the animation is similar to CGP gray:
CGP gray at home.
This video is not CGP gray
I swear this video is 6 years old.
I have somehow seen it without ever having seen it.
You may be confusing it with CGP grey’s video on the confederate flag.
Nepal, a rectangular country, with non rectangular flag.
This isn't CGP Grey
We've Been Tricked, We've Been Backstabbed and We've Been Quite Possibly, Bamboozled.
just have a rectangular flag with the outside part threaded with fishing line lol easy
Wow, fishing lines are that sharp and hard to snap?
I think the white helps the flag flow in the wind. Not sure if the original shape can be carried by the wind and reveal unfold the full flag for the public when put on a pole.
As someone from Nepal.
It always mildly infuriates me when it's disproportionate like 'cant you just don't do that damn it.'
1:38 is how I felt when I saw there was a new tapa video
This is Not CGPgrey
as a nepali, thats the best way for foreigners to remember Nepal. the flag and Mt everest.
i think i read in grade 5, nepal didn't have a official flag to be represented by in UN before this flag.
Does anybody know the name of the tune at the end of the video?
Sabre and Spurs by John Philip Sousa
We've had a rectangular flag for 800 years here in Denmark, I don't think it's an explicitly naval or colonial thing, just a European thing. Even before we had the "first national flag" square flags were the most common kind to be carried around by armies.
2:02 what the hell man
what the hell man
where the hell man
2:02 who the hell man
when the hell man
Lots of love from Nepal 🇳🇵💖🥰.May you achieve your all dreams and live long life💖🥰
That shape can easily teared down by the wind, so the durability is quite low
My brother went to Nepal for work and asked if I wanted him to bring me anything from there. Local crafts? Interesting artwork? Trinkets? NO! I wanted a flag! Weirdest flag is best flag.
Nepali kta haru like garnu 😂
👇
i am a nepalese and it feel so wow bc its rare for people to talk about of nepal. its goog looking
3:31 bahahahahha love the hat. Also vegemite isn't as bad with peanut butter
As a proud non-metric-using American, I have nothing but respect for Nepal and its flag.
🇳🇵 Flags represent five Elements, the (space ,Air, Water, Fire, Earth) The 🌕 & The 🌞 represent Universe
The Colors represent Blood ,peace ,& Trust..
Good & Evil too. It's really unique flag.
I absolutely love the Nepali flag ☺️
Finally someone pointed this out!
I have a worser option when im trying to buy a nepalese flag i came across a,
WHITE BACKGROUND AND IN THE MIDDLE IS A TINY NEPALESE FLAG
Flag of Nepal is used by ancient Hindu warriors even before 5000 years ago. We use the same flag today.
This seems unlikely? Certainly not in its current design.
@@drdca8263 He's just being chauvinistic. The flag of Nepal was in fact designed differently as late as 1962.
*MY FLAG WILL BE A CUBE!*
It will "fly" by putting it on a spinning flagpole. Idk how it will be drawn
Lmfao that sounds fun
Thank you so much❤❤❤❤❤❤
Which one is a clone this channel or CGP