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A presidential sash is a cloth sash worn by the presidents of many nations in the world, notably those in South America. The sash is an important symbol of the continuity of the presidency, and is only worn by the president. When the president leaves office, the sash is formally presented to his or her successor as part of the official inauguration ceremony. Presidential sashes are usually very colourful, and designed to resemble the nation's flag. This page explains the presidential sash and the wider sash family it belongs to.
The sash is an important symbol of the continuity of the presidency, and is only worn by the president. When the president leaves office, the sash is formally presented to his or her successor as part of the official inauguration ceremony.
Presidential sashes are usually very colorful, and designed to resemble the nation's flag.
Another variant is the sash, which is a cloth belt designed to hold a robe together. A sash is usually tied about the waist. The Japanese equivalent of a sash, which is used for holding a kimono or yukata together, is called an obi. Sashes are traditionally part of formal military attire, and some decorations, such as the Legion d'honneur are worn with a special sash. In South and Latin America, the president's authority is indicated by a special Presidential sash. Decorative sashes may pass from the shoulder to the hip rather than around the waist.
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The presidential sash works because a sash is already the recognised dress sign of office and honour. Formal military attire includes sashes as part of full dress, and great orders of chivalry and merit are worn on sashes of their own colours: decorations such as the Legion d'honneur are worn with a special sash, the broad ribbon passing from shoulder to hip with the badge at the hip. The presidential version applies that language to a head of state: worn diagonally across the body in the national colours, often woven or embroidered with the national arms, it identifies the office at a distance, in a crowd and in a photograph, more clearly than any suit or uniform could. Because it belongs to the office rather than the person, its handover at inauguration carries the meaning the ceremony needs, the continuity of the presidency passing visibly from one holder to the next.
Below that ceremonial level, the sash family divides by position. At the waist, a sash is a working belt in cloth, holding a robe closed, finishing a dress, or, in its most developed form, serving as the Japanese obi, the broad, structured belt that secures a kimono or yukata and carries much of the outfit's decoration at its back knot. Across the body, shoulder-to-hip sashes serve ceremony and identification: orders and their wearers, pageant and office holders, and uniformed services on formal occasions. Construction follows importance: presidential and order sashes are woven silk or silk-look ribbons, moire-patterned, fringed, and made to measure for the diagonal fit, while dress sashes are softer ties in satin, velvet or the fabric of the dress itself. Care for silk ceremonial sashes is storage care, kept flat or rolled away from light, cleaned by specialists, since the colours are the meaning of the piece and fading or staining damages the symbol as much as the cloth.
A presidential sash is a broad cloth sash worn by the president of a nation, one of the symbols of the office. Presidential sashes are usually very colourful and designed to resemble the nation's flag, and they are worn in many countries, notably in South America.
The sash is a symbol of the continuity of the presidency. It is only worn by the president, and when the president leaves office it is formally presented to the successor as part of the official inauguration ceremony, marking the transfer of the office itself.
A sash is a cloth belt designed to hold a robe together, usually tied about the waist. The Japanese equivalent, used to hold a kimono or yukata together, is called an obi. Decorative sashes may also pass from the shoulder to the hip rather than around the waist.