flags of countries and their symbolism
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FLAGS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES (MBA)
ASIAPeople's Republic of China
The flag of the People's Republic of China is a red
field charged in the canton (upper corner nearest
the flagpole) with five golden stars. The design
features one large star, with four smaller stars in
a semicircle set off towards the fly (the side
furthest from the flag pole). The red represents
revolution; the five stars and their relationship
represent the unity of the Chinese people under
the leadership of the Communist Party of China
(CPC). The orientation of the stars shows that the
unity should go around a center. In the original description of the flag, the larger
star symbolizes the Communist Party of China, and the four smaller stars thatsurround the big star symbolize the four social classes (the working class, the
peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie) of Chinese
people. Sometimes, the flag is referred to as the "Five Star Red Flag".1
INDONASIA
The national flag of Indonesia, which is
known as Sang Saka Merah-Putih ("The
Sacred Red-and-White") or Bendera Merah-Putih ("The Red-and-White Flag") or simply
Merah-Putih ("The Red-and-White") in
Indonesian, is based on the banner of the
13th century Majapahit Empire in East Java.
The flag itself was introduced and hoisted in
public at the Indonesian Independence Day
ceremony, on 17 August 1945. The design
of the flag has remained the same ever
since.
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_ People's Republic of China
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The red stands for courage, while the white stands for purity. The red represents
human's body or physical life, while white represents human's soul or spiritual life.
Together they stand for a complete human being. 2
EUROPEENGLAND
Flag of England is Red Cross on White ground. The Red Cross appeared as an
emblem of England during the Middle Ages
and the Crusades and is one of the earliest
known emblems representing England. It
also represents the official arms of the Most
Noble Order of the Garter, and it achieved
status as the national flag of England
during the sixteenth century. The Flag of
England is the St George's Cross (heraldicblazon: Argent, a cross gules). Saint George
was the patron saint of England in the
thirteenth century.3
FRANCE
The national flag of France (known in French
as drapeau tricolore, drapeau français, and
in military parlance, les couleurs) is a
tricolour featuring three vertical bands
coloured royal blue (hoist side), white, andred. It is known to English speakers as the
French Tricolour or simply the Tricolour. Blue
and red are the traditional colours of Paris,
used on the city's coat of arms. Blue is
identified with Saint Martin, red with Saint Denis. At the storming of the Bastille in
1789, the Paris militia wore blue and red cockades on their hats. White had long
featured prominently on French flags and is described as the "ancient French
colour" by Lafayette. White was added to the "revolutionary" colors of the militia
cockade to "nationalise" the design, thus creating the tricolour cockade. Although
Lafayette identified the white stripe with the nation, other accounts identify it withthe monarchy. Lafayette denied that the flag contains any reference to the red-and-
white livery of the Duc d'Orleans. However, this myth did allow Orleanists to adopt
the tricolour as their own.
2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_ Indonasia
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_ England
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Blue and red are associated with the Virgin Mary the patron saint of France, and
were the colours of Charlemagne's ensign and war cry, "Montjoie". The colours of
the French flag may also represent the three main estates of the Ancien Régime
(the clergy: white, the nobility: red and the bourgeoisie: blue). Blue, as the symbol
of the bourgeois class, comes first and red, representing the nobility, comes last.
Both extreme colours are situated on each side of white referring to a superiororder. 4
NORTH AMERICACANADA
The National Flag of Canada, also known as the Maple Leaf, and l'Unifolié (French
for "the one-leafed"), is a red flag with a white
square in its centre, featuring a stylized 11-
pointed red maple leaf . Its adoption in 1965
marked the first time a national flag had beenofficially adopted in Canada to replace the Union
Flag. The maple leaf has served as a symbol
celebrating the nature and environment of what
is now Canada since the 18th century. The
number of points on the leaf has no significance
on the flag; they do not, for instance, represent the ten provinces plus one point for
the territories, such as the Australian Commonwealth Star denotes. The number
and arrangement of the points of the maple leaf were chosen after wind tunnel
tests showed the current design to be the least blurry of the various designs when
tested under high wind conditions. The image of the maple leaf used on the flagwas designed by Jacques Saint-Cyr. In 1921, King George V proclaimed the official
colors of Canada as red, from Saint George's Cross, and white, from the French
royal emblem since King Charles VII. 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The national flag of the United States of America
(the "American flag") consists of thirteen equal
horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom)
alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the
canton (referred to specifically as the "union")bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars
arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars
(top and bottom) alternating with rows of five
stars. The fifty stars on the flag represent the 50
4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_ France
5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_ Canada
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states and the 13 stripes represent the original thirteen colonies that rebelled
against the British monarchy and became the first states in the Union. Nicknames
for the flag include the "Stars and Stripes", "Old Glory," and "The Star-Spangled
Banner" (also the name of the national anthem).6
SOUTH AMERICABRAZIL
The national flag of Brazil (Portuguese:
Bandeira do Brasil) is a blue disc depicting a
starry sky spanned by a curved band inscribed
with the national motto, within a yellow
rhombus, on a green field. Brazil officially
adopted this design for its national flag on
November 19, 1889, replacing the flag of the
second Empire of Brazil.
The green field and the yellow rhombus from
the previous imperial flag were preserved –
the green and yellow colors representing the Braganza-Habsburg dynasty. A blue
circle with 27 white five-pointed stars replaced the arms of the Empire of Brazil. The
stars, whose position in the flag reflect the sky over Rio de Janeiro on November 15,
1889, represent the union's federated units – each star representing a specific
state. The motto "Ordem e Progresso" ("Order and Progress") is inspired by Auguste
Comte's motto of positivism: "L’amour pour principe et l’ordre pour base; le progrès
pour but" ("Love as a principle and order as the basis; progress as the goal").
Professor Paulo Araújo Duarte of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, bears this
out, saying "In truth, the creators of our republican flag intended to represent the
stars in the sky at Rio de Janeiro at 8:30 in the morning on 15 November 1889, the
moment at which the constellation of the Southern Cross was on the meridian of Rio
de Janeiro and the longer arm [of the cross] was vertical." 7
ARGENTINA
The national flag of Argentina is a
triband, composed of three equally wide
horizontal bands coloured light blue,white and light blue. There are multiple
interpretations on the reasons for those
colors. The flag was created by Manuel
Belgrano, in line with the recent creation
6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_ United-states-of-america
7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_ brazil
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of the Cockade of Argentina, and was first raised at the city of Rosario on February
27, 1812, during the Argentine War of Independence. Popular belief attributes the
colors to those of the sky, clouds and the sun; some anthems to the flag like
"Aurora" or "Salute to the flag" state so as well. However, historians usually
disregard such idea, and attribute them to either the devotion of Virgin Mary or
loyalty to the House of Bourbon.
Virgin Mary is usually represented dressed in white and with a light blue piece of
cloth. She was the patron of the Commerce Consulate of Buenos Aires, directed by
Manuel Belgrano, and it is thought that the Consulate used a white and light blue
flag. Belgrano himself had strong Catholic beliefs. The soldiers of Juan Martín de
Pueyrredón may have also used white and light blue ribbons for self-identification
during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata, which were taken from the
sanctuary of the Virgin of Luján.8
AFRICAEGYPT
The flag of Egypt (Egyptian Arabic: مل ع
) is aصر tricolour consisting of the three
equal horizontal red, white, and black
bands of the Arab Liberation flag dating
back to the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.
The flag bears Egypt's national emblem,
the Eagle of Saladin centered in the white
band. The flag's current form was
adopted on October 4, 1984.
The Free Officers who toppled King
Farouk in the Revolution of 1952 assigned specific symbolism to each of the three
bands of the Arab Liberation flag. The red band symbolizes the period before the
Revolution, a time characterized by the struggle against the monarchy, and the
British occupation of the country. The white band symbolizes the bloodless nature
of the Revolution itself. The black band symbolizes the end of the oppression of the
Egyptian people at the hands of the monarchy, and foreign imperialism. Egypt's use
of the Arab Liberation flag inspired its adoption by a number of other Arab states.
The same horizontal tricolour is used by Iraq, Syria, and Yemen (and formerlyLibya), the only difference being the presence (or absence) of distinguishing
national emblems in the white band.9
8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_ Argentina
9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_ Egypt
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CAMEROON
The national flag of Cameroon was
adopted in its present form on 20 May
1975 after Cameroon became a
unitary state. It is a vertical tricolor of green, red and yellow, defaced with a
five-pointed star in its center. There is
a wide variation in the size of the
central star, although it is always
contained within the inside stripe.The
color scheme uses the traditional Pan-
African colors (Cameroon becoming the second state to do so), and the tricolor
design is adapted from the flag of France. The center stripe is thought to stand for
unity: red is the color of unity, and the star is referred to as "the star of unity". The
yellow stands for the sun, and also the savannas in the northern part of the country,
while the green is for the forests in the southern part of Cameroon.10
10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_ Cameroon
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