The urban cultural flag of the Dafters is called the Disco flag; a mirror ball which is spherical and reflects light in multiple directions with a complex rotation with stars lighting up the nighy sky with tricolor beams. The design shows a high contrast in its dark colors and light colors to show a display of similar colors that have opposite amounts of black and white to show contrasting distinction and everything in between. The mirror ball that is blue and symbolizes the roots of disco music in the underground club scene of till its end at disco demolition night. The white mirror ball shows off the stylistic sub genres of Disco music that are recognized in the culture, such as: [1] Classic Disco, [2] Post Disco, [3] Nu Disco, [4] House, [5] French House, [6] Garage House, [7] Cosmic, [8] Funk, [9] Soul, [10] Boogie, [11] Balearic, [12] Italo Disco, [13] Funk Punk, [14] Synth Wave, [15] New Wave, and [16] Hi-NRG.
There are three lines that represent different ideas in the cultures focus. The light blue line represents human rights and sexual diversity. The white line represents gender and racial equality. And the purple line that speaks of the lessons the seventies had on utilitarianism versus hedonism and a balance between the two. The relationships of the person themselves and the world they occupy are reflected in the pleasure one seeks and the responsibility from consequences in ones actions. Long past are the disco days of only seeking tastes of fatty food of gluttony, fearless fling romantic endeavors without responsibility, and large time slots to entertainment consuming, but a idea that strays from egoistic and more on civil improvement. Symbolism The flag represents Disco by reaching out to the universe with the projected lights that reflect from the mirror onto another source. The flags meaning is is about action and inaction, projecting and receiving, terming and anonymity in decisions of moral and egoist idealism. The flag is displayed during events that feature disco hobbies. The use of the flag is used when presenting the urban culture of disco. The music played as the flag is raised for an opening to a large event would be the anthem One More Time from the music artist Daft Punk from the album Discovery. Display The flag is seen all year-round, but is often found mostly at Disco based events or establishments. The flag is common to see on disco urban cultural celebrated days like: Interstellar Day, Bastille Day, Humanhood Day (aka. Human rights day), Duvet Boogie Day, and Rainbow Pride Day (aka. harvey milk day). On Interstellar Day it is common to have a disco party that has the flag displayed near the DJ booth to show the history of where disco started and where it evolved into a culture for people to connect through the music and dancing.
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