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'{{short description|Symbol of mourning}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=September 2016}} {{Prose|date=September 2016}} }} A '''black ribbon''' is a symbol of remembrance or [[mourning]]. ==Sign of mourning== [[File:2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - Georgia entering cropped.jpg|thumb|right|A black ribbon may be put on a flag, as on the Georgian flag at the [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony]].]] Similar to a [[Armband#Mourning|black armband]], the black ribbon is a public display of grief. Individuals or organizations display the ribbon in commemoration of victims after specific incidents. Some examples include: * Black ribbons were worn and placed on doors after the May 1992 [[Westray Mine]] Disaster in Pictou County, [[Nova Scotia]], Canada.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hoegg Ryan|first1=Judith |title=Coal In Our Blood: 200 Years of Coal Mining in Nova Scotia's Pictou County|date=1992|publisher=Formac|location=Halifax|isbn=9780887802157|page=142}}</ref> * The ribbon was worn in the United Kingdom after the death of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] in 1997.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Biddle |first=Lucy |last2=Walter |first2=Tony |date=1998 |title=The Emotional English and Their Queen of Hearts |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1260575 |journal=Folklore |volume=109 |pages=96–99 |issn=0015-587X}}</ref> * Students distributed black ribbons after the April 2007 [[Virginia Tech shooting]] at [[Virginia Tech]] in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]].<ref>LaMar, Sondra (April 18, 2007). "[http://www.uafortsmith.edu/News/Index?skin=&storyid=1733 Sigma Nu Distributes Black Ribbons on UA Fort Smith Campus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204015711/http://www.uafortsmith.edu/News/Index?skin=&storyid=1733 |date=2010-12-04 }}". University of Arkansas – Fort Smith. Retrieved March 18, 2008.</ref> * The black ribbon has been used by the journalists in the [[Philippines]] to condemn the killings of journalists on the [[Maguindanao massacre]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Philippines Top Stories: Politics, Environment, Education, Trending &#124; Inquirer.net|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=newsinfo.inquirer.net|language=en}}</ref> * The 2013 London Marathon runners were given a black ribbon to wear to mark the [[Boston Marathon bombing]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Gavin Brown |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/16/london-marathon-gets-green-light-after-security-review-following-boston-blasts-3618168/ |title=London Marathon runners to wear black ribbons following Boston blasts |work=Metro |date=April 16, 2013 |accessdate=2014-01-29}}</ref> The search engine [[Google]], which often changes the company's logo to a [[Google Doodle]] commemorating timely events, has used the black ribbon to mark a number of incidents. These include the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting|''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Metro.co.uk |first=Deborah Arthurs for |date=2015-01-09 |title=Google's black ribbon pays respects to Charlie Hebdo victims |url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/09/google-pay-respects-to-charlie-hebdo-victims-with-black-ribbon-on-homepage-5015400/ |access-date=2015-01-09 |website=Metro}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-01-09 |title=Google pays tribute to Charlie Hebdo attack victims with black ribbon |language=en-GB |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/google-pays-tribute-to-charlie-hebdo-attack-victims-with-black-ribbon-on-homepage-9966794.html |access-date=2015-01-09}}</ref> the [[LaMia Flight 2933|charter flight crash]] in Colombia in November 2016,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-11-29 |title=Google de luto faz homenagem às vítimas do acidente com a Chape |language=pt-BR |work=Optclean |url=https://optclean.com.br/google-de-luto-homenagem-chapecoense/ |access-date=2017-03-29}}</ref> the [[June 2017 Portugal wildfires|2017 Portugal wildfires]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Google pays tribute to victims of the 2017 Portuguese Wildfires |url=https://www.publico.pt/2017/06/19/sociedade/noticia/google-homenageia-vitimas-em-portugal-1776133}} Retrieved 2017-06-20. {{in lang|pt}}</ref> April 9, 2017, [[Google]] Arabic displayed a black ribbon as a mark of respect and sympathy for victims of [[2017 Palm Sunday church bombings]] in [[Tanta]] and [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite web |title=جوجل يتضامن مع شهداء الكنيسة البطرسية |url=http://www.nogoumfm.net/news/2016/12/جوجل-يتضامن-مع-شهداء-الكنيسة-البطرسية/}} Retrieved 2017-04-9. {{in lang|ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="يوتيوب" يتضامن مع ضحايا انفجار الكنيسة البطرسية بشارة سوداء |url=http://www.youm7.com/story/2016/12/12/يوتيوب-يتضامن-مع-ضحايا-انفجار-الكنيسة-البطرسية-بشارة-سوداء/3006298}} Retrieved 2017-04-9. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> ==Other meanings== * [[Melanoma]] awareness. Sometimes shown as black with white polka dots. * In [[Argentina]], a black ribbon, sometimes with the [[Flag of Argentina|national flag]]'s colours in both ends, is used to raise awareness about the victims of [[Guerrilla warfare|subversive terrorism]]. * By the Anarchist Black Ribbon Campaign, a [[free speech]] campaign started in 1996 inspired by the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-03-04|title=BARC Graphics|url=http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4271/graphics2.html|access-date=2021-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050304013205/http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4271/graphics2.html|archive-date=2005-03-04}}</ref> * During the 6th International [[Israeli Apartheid Week]] (IAW) the black ribbon was worn worldwide to show support and promote awareness of the Palestinian struggle. * In [[India]], 2011 to show support to [[Anna Hazare]] who was fasting to fight against corruption by government. * [[Narcolepsy]] awareness. * Worn by people who have suffered from any intentions of self harming on November 30 of every year. * In [[New Zealand]], a black ribbon with a [[koru]] symbol supports an end to [[domestic violence]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zealand|first=Black Ribbon New|title=Black Ribbon New Zealand|url=http://shop.blackribbon.org.nz/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=Black Ribbon New Zealand|language=en}}</ref> In Australia, a black ribbon raises awareness agaist domestic abuse of men and fathers. ==In fiction== * In the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels by [[Terry Pratchett]], the black ribbon is instead worn by [[vampire]]s to prove, in the vein of the real-world [[blue ribbon badge]], that they have sworn never to drink blood again. ==Variations== <gallery> File:No torture.triddle.png|alt=In Memory of Guadalupe Alanis|TortureProtest.org black ribbon campaign File:Melanoma Awareness Ribbon alternative.jpg|[[Melanoma]] Awareness Ribbon Alternative with White Polka Dots File:Black Ribbon.gif </gallery> ==See also== * [[Black Ribbon Day]] * [[Half-mast]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|Mourning ribbons}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718172214/http://tortureprotest.org/_actnow_black-ribbon.html The TortureProtest.org Black Ribbon Campaign] {{Awareness ribbon}} [[Category:Awareness ribbon]] [[Category:Black symbols|Ribbon, black]] [[Category:Grief]]'