Archive for October, 2015
Merits and Myths Behind Some Esperanto Symbols: The Esperanto Flag Posted by Leks on Oct 30, 2015
The last of the three symbols I’ll cover in this series is la Esperanto-flago, the Flag of Esperanto. Since it as more or less equally as ubiquitous as the verda stelo, odds are you have seen it before. It is a field of green, with a patch of white in the upper-left corner. The green…
Merits and Myths Behind Some Esperanto Symbols: The Jubilee Symbol Posted by Leks on Oct 28, 2015
Another Esperanto symbol you’ve likely seen in your adventures is the jubilea simbolo, or Jubilee Symbol. It’s an oval-ish shape consisting of six prongs reaching toward one another in pairs, looking like two rounded, mirrored E’s. Some Esperantists who aren’t especially fond of this symbol call it la melono [the melon] in mockery – a…