Editing Sorbs (section)

== National symbols ==
[[File:Hymna-rukopis01.jpg|thumb|upright|Handwriting of ''[[Rjana Łužica]]'' by [[Handrij Zejler]]]]
The flag of the Lusatian Sorbs is a cloth of blue, red and white horizontal stripes. First used as a national symbol in 1842, the flag was fully recognized among Sorbs following the proclamation of [[pan-Slavic colors]] at the [[Prague Slavic Congress, 1848|Prague Slavic Congress of 1848]]. Section 25 of the Constitution of Brandenburg contains a provision on the Lusatian flag. Section 2 of the Constitution of Saxony contains a provision on the use of the coat of arms and traditional national colors of the Lusatian Sorbs. The laws on the rights of the Lusatian Sorbs of Brandenburg and Saxony contain provisions on the use of Lusatian national symbols (coat of arms and national colors).<ref>{{cite journal |author = Андреева, Г. Н. |title= Сорбы в ФРГ: ценный опыт правового регулирования статуса национального меньшинства в немецкой и российской литературе |journal= Социальные и гуманитарные науки  |year= 2005 |number= 1|pages = 40–42 }}</ref>

The national anthem of Lusatian Sorbs since the 20th century is the song [[Rjana Łužica]] (Beautiful Lusatia).<ref>{{cite book| author = Гугнин, А. А. | url = http://www.inslav.ru/images/stories/pdf/1997_Gugnin.pdf | title = Введение в историю серболужицкой словесности и литературы от истоков до наших дней |location= М. |date = 1997 | pages = 90}}</ref> Previously, the songs “Still Sorbs Have Not Perished” (written by [[Handrij Zejler]] in 1840)<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://kramerius.lib.cas.cz/view/uuid:6e2b2552-5d2b-4c41-af11-1b130df31cf1?page=uuid:a0494897-64c5-4d61-bc65-36f1396a81e1&fulltext=Zejler |title=Unknown |journal=Slovanský přehled |year= 1934 |volume=26 |number=1 |page=152 }}</ref> and “Our Sorbs Rise from the Dust” (written by M. Domashka, performed until 1945)<ref>{{cite book| author = Šołta, Jan | title = Nowy biografiski slownik k stawiznam a kulture Serbow |date = 1984 | pages = 115}}</ref> served as a hymn.