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National flag
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| Use | National flag and ensign |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1 May 1983; 38 years ago (1983-05-01) |
| Design | A horizontal tricolour of green, white-edged black and yellow with the red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side bearing the yellow five-pointed star that bears a Kalashnikov rifle with the bayonet attached to the barrel crossed by a farming mattock superimposed on an open book. |
Damaged flag of Mozambique
The flag of Mozambique is the national flag of the Republic of Mozambique and was adopted on 1 May 1983. It is a tricolor flag with white fimbriations and a red triangle. Green stands for the riches of the land, the white fimbriations signify peace, black represents the African continent, yellow symbolises the country's minerals, and red represents the struggle for independence. The rifle stands for defence and vigilance, the open book symbolises the importance of education, the hoe represents the country's agriculture, and the star symbolises Marxism and internationalism. It includes the image of a Kalashnikov rifle with a bayonet attached to the barrel crossed by a hoe, superimposed on an open book. It is one of four national flags among UN member states that feature a firearm, along with those of Guatemala, Haiti and Bolivia, but is the only one of the four to feature a modern firearm instead of cannons or muskets.
History [edit]
The flag is based on the flag of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO), the leading political party in Mozambique. The FRELIMO flag, used for a brief period after the country gained its independence from Portugal, looks like the current flag but lacking the emblem, with green, black, and yellow horizontal stripes separated by white fimbriations and a red triangle in the hoist.
On independence the colours were rearranged to form the national flag, in diagonals emanating from the upper hoist. Over this was a white cogwheel containing the hoe, rifle, book, and star that appear on the present flag. The flag was altered in 1983; the colours were arranged in horizontal stripes, and the star was made larger. Later in the same year the cogwheel was removed, leading to the current form of the flag.
2005 new flag proposal [edit]
In 2005, a competition was held to design a new flag for Mozambique. This came in the context of a drive to create a new crest and anthem for the country. RENAMO, Mozambique's parliamentary opposition, specifically wanted to see two symbols removed from the flag: the star, which they saw as representative of the country's communist past; and the Kalashnikov assault rifle, which they argued is incompatible with a country trying to be peaceful after the Mozambican Civil War.[1] FRELIMO, the ruling party, argued that the star's resemblance to the communist symbol was coincidental, and that the rifle represented the nation's struggle for independence.[1] [2]
169 entries were received[1] and a winning flag was selected, but was rejected by the FRELIMO-led parliament in December 2005. All 169 proposed flags were turned down, including the current flag without the rifle.[3]
Gallery [edit]
Presidential standards [edit]
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Presidential Standard of the People's Republic of Mozambique from 1982 to 1990. -
Presidential Standard of the Republic of Mozambique since 1990.
Historical flags [edit]
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Proposed flag of Portuguese Mozambique. -
Flag of Mozambique between 5 September 1974 – 25 June 1975. -
Flag of Mozambique between 25 June 1975 – April 1983. -
Flag of Mozambique between April 1983 – 1 May 1983.
Regional flags [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c "Symbols Are Important. So What Does a Gun Symbolize?". New York Times. 7 October 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Are you passionate about your flag?". BBC News. December 23, 2005.
- ^ "Mozambique: Parliament Keeps Gun In National Flag". New York Times. 2005-12-20. Retrieved 2007-11-14 .
External links [edit]
- Mozambique at Flags of the World
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mozambique
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