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The flag of Barbados was designed by Grantley W. Prescod and was officially adopted to represent Barbados at midnight on 30 November 1966, the day the country gained independence. The flag was chosen as part of a nationwide open contest held by the government.
Used within the national flag, the left and right shafts of the trident were then designed as 'broken' representing the nation of Barbados breaking away from its historical and constitutional ties as a former colony. The three points of the trident represent in Barbados the three principles of democracy—"government of, for and by the people ...
Ensign of Barbados: A British Red Ensign with an emblem of Barbados 2016: Barbados 50th Anniversary of Independence banner: 1975–2021: Personal Standard of Queen Elizabeth II in Barbados: A bearded fig tree (with the leaves coloured blue) in the centre and a Pride of Barbados flower in each of the top corners on a yellow field. A blue disc of ...
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The name "Barbados" is from either the Portuguese term os barbados or the Spanish equivalent, los barbados, both meaning "the bearded ones". [12] [13] It is unclear whether "bearded" refers to the long, hanging roots of the bearded fig-tree (Ficus citrifolia), a species of banyan indigenous to the island, or to the allegedly bearded Kalinago (Island Caribs) who once inhabited the island, or ...
Recipients of the Order of Freedom of Barbados receive the style The Most Honourable, and they also use their corresponding post-nominal letters "FB". Companions of Honour of the former Order of Barbados of the Commonwealth Realm of Barbados, as well as Members of the current Order of the Republic, are accorded the style The Honourable , and ...
The first Order of Barbados was instituted by Queen Elizabeth II by letters patent dated 25 July 1980. [1] [2] [3] With Barbados becoming a republic on 30 November 2021, a new Order of Barbados came into force that was established with the Barbados National Honors and Decorations Act 2021 by the Parliament of Barbados on 28 October 2021, and which replaced the former Order of Barbados that ...
Trident of Poseidon. A trident (/ ˈ t r aɪ d ə n t /) is a three-pronged spear.It is used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm.As compared to an ordinary spear, the three tines increase the chance that a fish will be struck and decrease the chance that a fish will be able to dislodge itself if struck badly.