Madagascar symbol of ancient history is different and resembles a cloth entirely different country.What are invested in the flags of each of the cases, and look like other elements of the heraldry of the African country?
Modern look
flag Madagascar is now used different traditional rectangular outline with a length to width as a two to one.It there are three bands, two horizontal and one vertical.Flagstaff is white.Horizontally arranged red and green, on top of the first and the second bottom.Each color can be associated with the events of history.Red and white flag of Madagascar recalls Merina kingdom, which was conquered by the French in the late nineteenth century and whose residents were the largest ethnic group in the country.These flowers enjoyed the last monarch, Queen Ranavalona third.There is a theory that they are associated with red and white cloth Sunda archipelago.Green represents the tribe hovov, peasants, who played an important role in anti-government agitation and liberation movement.The current flag was adopted in Madagascar in October 1958.
flag with an identical arrangement of flowers
in world history matching symbols cases are rare.But this can be said about the flag Madagascar and Belarus - they look very similar.The latter also uses the three colors of the vertical and horizontal white stripe on top of red and green at the bottom.The difference lies in the size of the first - it takes only one-ninth of the flag.The width and length is the proportion of one to two.Red is the symbol on the banner of the Battle of Grunwald, became victorious for Belarusians.It is also the banner of the Red Army, and the sign of the partisan brigades.Under the green refers to the spring, rebirth, hope, fields and forests.Located on the white Belarusian ornament symbolizes the ancient folk culture and unity.Interestingly, Belarus - the only country from the Soviet Union, did not abandon the old cloth, but only to change it.The presence of an ornament makes it not a hundred percent like the flag of Madagascar, to avoid problems.
Coat state
to explore the history of the country's best, is to know the details about all the heraldic symbols used by Madagascar.Flag and coat of arms are of equal importance and are often used together.The official emblem of Madagascar was adopted in 1992, it happened in the country after the fall of the socialist regime.At the heart of the state coat of arms is a yellow disk.In the center is a schematic map showing the large island of Madagascar, along with two small.Under the picture placed the head of zebu, the national animal of the state, mostly living on its territory.Running on the disc, green and red rays give a rounded view of the golden sun print.The coat of arms also posted signs, each of which is made in Malagasy language.Text «REPOBLIKAN'I MADAGASIKARA» means "Republic of Madagascar" and the phrase «TANINDRAZANA - FAHAFAHANA - FANDROSOANA» is the motto of the state.Translated into Russian, it sounds like "Homeland, Freedom, Development".
