List of Black Flags - in Society

In Society

  • Black flags are often associated with funerals in the West, particularly state funerals and public mourning.
  • In the former Yugoslavia, a plain black flag is the flag of mourning. It is displayed for 40 days after death on the deceased person's house.
  • Black Flag is another name for the Jolly Roger, a skull and crossbones on a black field, and is associated with pirates.
  • The black flag is the symbol of the Jewish ultra-Orthodox, anti-Zionist group, Neturei Karta. It is flown as a sign of mourning over the creation of the State of Israel, most commonly on Israeli Independence Day.
  • The Swedish Pirate Party have a black flag as a symbol, shaped like the letter P.

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