http://www.croatia.org/crown en-us http://www.croatia.org/crown N/A nenad@nenadbach.com Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:51:03 -0800 20 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8981/1/GRB---the-embodiment-of-the-psyche-of-a-whole-nation-and-a-potent-ancestral-record.html   Red & white were symbols of life & death.  It was believed that the sahovnica was sourced from such traditions & that this made it a powerful symbol, not merely because of the red & white, but the way it was patterned reflecting life-death-life-death... and symbolising the movement from one generation to the next & the passing down of traditions croworldnet@aol.com (Marinko Tomasich) Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700