(2015), [Hong Kong Red Swastika Society Tai Po Secondary School Official website, [Hong Kong Red Swastika Society Tuen Mun Primary School website, adopted by several organisations in pre-World War, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Western use of the swastika in the early 20th century, Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (S.E.C.C. Sagan suggests that in antiquity a comet could have approached so close to Earth that the jets of gas streaming from it, bent by the comet's rotation, became visible, leading to the adoption of the swastika as a symbol across the world. As a result of World War II and the Holocaust, many people in the West still strongly associate it with Nazism and antisemitism. Many Indian auto-rickshaws feature the swastika to ward off ill-fortune. Hilda Ellis Davidson theorised[clarification needed] that the swastika symbol was associated with Thor, possibly representing his Mjolnir symbolic of thunder and possibly being connected to the Bronze Age sun cross. The Cross of Liberty is depicted in the upper left corner of the standard of the President of Finland. Benin Since the end of the 20th century, and through the early 21st century, confusion and controversy has occurred when personal-use goods bearing the traditional Jain, Buddhist, or Hindu symbols have been exported to the West, notably to North America and Europe, and have been interpreted by purchasers as bearing a Nazi symbol. New Zealand Des, Le dput Simplice Mathieu Sarandji a t lu ce mercredi la prsidence de lAssemble nationale en remplacement de Moussa Laurent Gon-Baba. Ces cookies ne seront stocks dans votre navigateur qu'avec votre consentement. [122][123] By the early 20th century, it was used worldwide and was regarded as a symbol of good luck and success. There have also been swastikas found on the floors of Pompeii. Egypt Austria [76] The clockwise symbol is more common, and contrasts with the counter clockwise version common in the Tibetan Bon tradition and locally called yungdrung. A swastika shaped temple tank built in 800 CE by Kamban Araiyan during the reign of Dantivarman is outside the temple complex of Pundarikakshan Perumal Temple (Vishnu temple) in Thiruvallarai, Tiruchirappalli, India. Pitcairn Faroe Islands Republic of Kosovo Turks and Caicos Islands In Bhutan, swastika motif is found in its architecture, fabric and religious ceremonies. Uzbekistan The Danish brewery company Carlsberg Group used the swastika as a logo[126] from the 19th century until the middle of the 1930s when it was discontinued because of association with the Nazi Party in neighbouring Germany. Albania [165], Because of its use by Nazi Germany, the swastika since the 1930s has been largely associated with Nazism. A swastika border is one form of meander, and the individual swastikas in such a border are sometimes called Greek keys. Latvia [109] The same symbol can be found on Armenian carpets, cross-stones (khachkar) and in medieval manuscripts, as well as on modern monuments as a symbol of eternity. 156157. In the 1880s the Theosophical Society adopted a swastika as part of its seal, along with an Om, a hexagram or star of David, an Ankh and an Ouroboros. The flag they adopted at that time is based on the swastika shape, and remains the official flag of Kuna Yala. Estonia Similarly, the swastika is a common icon associated with Buddha's footprints in Theravada Buddhist communities of Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia.