Answer:
What is lengthened by being cut at both ends?
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown.
What can be filled with empty hands?
You can hold it without using your hands or arms. What is it?
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.