Description on Saudi's flag :
The flag of Saudi Arabia was officially adopted in 1973.
Saudi Arabia's flag uses green to honor the country's puritanical Muslim Wahabi sect, and also because green is widely believed to be the prophet Muhammad's favorite color. The white, centered script, the shahada, is the Muslim Statement of Faith, "There is no God but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God". The sword represents Abd-al-Aziz.
(taken from http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/mideast/saudiarb.htm )
We have three topics which are Saudi Arabia country as out main topic, Myanmar as topic under race and the third is Baba Nyonya ethnic. So now we know about the flag of Saudi Arabia country. Let us see the second flag.
Any idea which flag is this? this flag belongs to Myanmar or also known as Burma.
Myanmar Flag - Introduction Myanmar flag has three equal horizontal stripes of yellow (top), green, and red; centered on the green band is a large white five-pointed star that partially overlaps onto the adjacent colored stripes; the design revives the triband colors used by Burma from 1943-45, during the Japanese occupation.
The history on this flag: Republic of the Union of Myanmar officially unveiled the current flag at 3pm on 21 October 2010 to replace the former flag in use since 1974. (The old flag, introduced by the socialist government of Ne Win in 1974, has a red field with a blue rectangle in the left corner bearing a cog wheel and a rice plant encircled by 14 stars representing the country's seven regions and seven states).
The old flags were lowered by government officials who were born on a Tuesday, while the new flags were raised by officials born on a Wednesday. The date and peculiar timing suggested the influence numerology. The date was 21 -- 2 plus 1 equals 3 -- the time was 3:00 and the year was 2010, whose digits add up to three. Added together they equal nine, an auspicious number in Myanmar. (In the 1980s, the nation had bank notes in denominations of 45 and 90 kyats, because each of those two numbers add up to nine!) The new flag was introduced as part of the changes to national symbols that were laid out in the 2008 Constitution pushed by the military junta.
(taken from http://myanmarflag.facts.co/myanmarflagof/myanmarflag.php )
Long history aitee :)
So next let us see the next topic which is about Baba Nyonya community or known as 'Peranakans'. But for this third topic wont have any specific flag, as they are one of the race that may stay in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, specifically in Melaka and Penang.
(the photo of Baba Nyonya woman)
So that's all for all guys. See u in our next post. bubyee... :)
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