in985-The-Country-of-Weaving-Rainbows-The-South-African-Spirit-in-the-Order-of-the-King-Protea

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April in South Africa is the season for Freedom Day and the commemoration of the birth of democracy. On this once divided land, the fluttering six-color national flag and the blooming king protea are telling the story of unity and rebirth with silent power. The six colors of the South African flag are a “rainbow” woven by diverse ethnic groups – black symbolizes the power of the people, gold represents land and minerals, green implies the gift of nature, white and blue outline peace and the sky, and red remembers the blood of struggle. They are interwoven into a bond, just like the trajectory of gradual reconciliation of different groups in South African society in the long river of history. The design inspiration of the lanyard medal comes from this: the colored silk threads are intertwined into a ring with traditional weaving techniques, and each thread is indispensable, just as South Africans believe in the “Ubuntu” spirit – “I exist because of you”. The king protea, the national flower of South Africa, blooms like a flame in the barren cracks of the rocks, and its tenacious character is cast into the center of the medal. This “king of flowers” can be reborn after wildfires, just like the South African nation has been tempered by colonization and apartheid, and finally forged the medal of the “Rainbow Nation” in the melting pot of democracy. When athletes wear such a lanyard medal, what is wrapped around their necks is not only honor, but also the hope held by the entire country. Today, South Africa still has thorns and challenges, but where the national flag flies, the belief carried by the King of Flowers medal is always clear: only when different colors are sincerely interwoven can true glory be woven. This may be the revelation that South Africa presents to the world this April.

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April in Suid-Afrika is die maand om Vryheidsdag en die geboorte van demokrasie te herdenk. In hierdie eens verdeelde land vertel die wapperende seskleurige nasionale vlag en die bloeiende keiserblomme die verhaal van eenheid en wedergeboorte met stille krag. Die ses kleure van die Suid-Afrikaanse vlag is ‘n “reënboog” wat deur diverse etniese groepe saamgeweef word – swart simboliseer die mag van die mense, goud verteenwoordig land en minerale, groen impliseer die gawes van die natuur, wit en blou omlyn vrede en lug, en rooi herinner aan die passie van stryd. Hulle is in ‘n band verweef, net soos die trajek van geleidelike versoening tussen verskillende groepe in die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing oor die verloop van die geskiedenis. Die ontwerp-inspirasie van die lanyard-medalje kom hiervan: kleurvolle sydrade word met behulp van tradisionele weeftegnieke in ringe verweef, en elke draad is onontbeerlik, net soos Suid-Afrikaners in die “Ubuntu”-gees glo – “Ek bestaan as gevolg van jou.” Die Protea, die nasionale blom van Suid-Afrika, blom sy vlammende blomme in dorre rotsskeure, en sy hardnekkige karakter word in die middel van die medalje gegiet. Hierdie “koning van blomme” kon ná ‘n veldbrand wedergebore word, net soos die Suid-Afrikaanse nasie wat deur kolonisasie en apartheid getemper is, en uiteindelik die medalje van die “Reënboognasie” in die smeltkroes van demokrasie gesmee het. Wanneer ‘n atleet so ‘n lanyardmedalje dra, is wat om sy nek gedraai is nie net eer nie, maar ook die hoop wat deur die hele land gekoester word. Daar is steeds dorings en uitdagings in Suid-Afrika vandag, maar waar die nasionale vlag wapper, is die oortuiging wat deur die Orde van die Koningblom gedra word, altyd duidelik: slegs wanneer verskillende kleure opreg verweef is, kan ware glorie geweef word. Dit mag dalk die openbaring wees wat Suid-Afrika hierdie April aan die wêreld bied.

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四月的南非,迎来自由日与民主新生纪念的时节。在这片曾被割裂的土地上,飘扬的六色国旗与盛放的帝王花,正以无声的力量讲述着团结与重生的故事。

南非国旗的六道色彩,是多元族群共同编织的”彩虹”——黑色象征人民的力量,金色代表土地与矿产,绿色寓意自然馈赠,白色与蓝色勾勒和平与天空,红色则铭记抗争的热血。它们交织成纽带,恰如南非社会不同群体在历史长河中逐渐和解的轨迹。而挂绳奖牌的设计灵感正源于此:彩色丝线以传统编织工艺交错成环,每一根线都不可或缺,正如南非人相信”乌班图”精神——”我因你而存在”。

作为南非国花的帝王花,在贫瘠的岩缝中绽放出火焰般的花朵,其坚韧品格被铸入奖牌中央。这朵”花中之王”历经野火仍能重生,恰似南非民族历经殖民、种族隔离的淬炼,最终在民主熔炉中锻造出”彩虹之国”的勋章。当运动员佩戴这样的挂绳奖牌时,缠绕颈间的不仅是荣誉,更是整个国度共同托举的希望。

今日南非,仍有荆棘与挑战,但国旗飘扬处,帝王花勋章所承载的信念始终清晰:唯有不同色彩真诚交织,才能编织出真正的荣耀。这或许正是这个四月,南非献给世界的启示录。

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