But most whites say the old symbols are about regional identity and pride, not race.
It looks like a tulip, which is an old symbol for Iran.
The question now is whether the old symbols carry the same meaning.
When it lit again, the old symbols were replaced by a new set.
"And you have to get rid of all the old symbols."
At the bottom there is a horn, an old symbol of postal services.
The state nickname is its oldest symbol, though it has never been made official by law.
It was thus the oldest symbol used for the region and adapted as the arms in 1961.
So were those stiff old symbols in black, red, or green easy to remember because they had been hard to guess.
The old and familiar symbol of the spiked ball appeared.