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The proposed flag consisted of a horizontal red strip bordered above and below by a thin white strip and a broad blue strip. It was charged in the center with a yellow sun consisting of three concentric circles and fifteen rays. The sun's design was based on ancient rock paintings located in the Tchitundu-Hulu historical site of Namibe Province.
The star is taken to represent progress. The rising sun is the traditional symbol of a new beginning. These emblems are all enclosed within a circle whose right half is formed by cog-wheel, representing the industrial workers, and whose left half is a half-wreath of maize, coffea and cotton leaves, representing agriculture. At the bottom is an ...
The flag is divided into four purple and yellow triangular sections radiating from the center. In the center of the flag is a shield with a golden pelican feeding its young in a purple field. The golden border of the shield contains five small blue shields with white dots and four red crosses of the Order of Christ.
Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10 yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 ...
The spectacle is wreathed in a cool mist that locals say is part of its spiritual history. “What the elders say is that in the past, the Kalandula Falls were a sacred place,” says Nelson Andre ...
The European flag, first adopted by the Council of Europe, consists of 12 golden stars in a circle on a blue background. The stars symbolise the ideals of unity, solidarity and harmony among the peoples of Europe. [7] The number of stars has nothing to do with the number of member countries, though the circle is a symbol of unity. [7]
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