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The new flag was introduced on the same day that the country’s name was changed in the 2008 Constitution. A five-pointed white star in the centre of a yellow, green, and red backdrop now serves as Myanmar’s national flag. The three colours of the stripes stand for togetherness, serenity, tranquillity, and the people’s strength and determination.
Union Flag Law
The 2010 Union Flag Law and the 1974 State Flag Law were repealed on 21 October 2010, and the flag established in the 2008 Constitution was accepted. In contrast to the preceding 1974 State Flag Law, the 2010 Union Flag Law includes a flag definition. It’s a horizontal tricolour flag with a five-pointed white star in the centre that’s yellow, green, and red. Myanmar’s national flag’s tricolour pays homage to the tricolour banners used throughout the country’s independence war. The colour yellow is used to bring all national races together in a peaceful and pleasant way. Green is used to symbolise fertility, uniformity, and justice. Red is sometimes associated with persistence and courage. The white star is a symbol of purity, honesty, a strong feeling of authority, and a deep sense of compassion.
A Brief History of the Flag of Myanmar
Before the British administration, there were no recognised Burmese flags, and it’s unclear which flags were in use those days. The flag of Mons was the first banner flown over this territory between the years 1300 and 1500.
From 1752 to 1885, the Third Burmese Empire’s Konbaung Dynasty flew a flag that had a peacock in the centre on a white background.
Burma was annexed and dubbed ‘British India’ by the United Kingdom in 1824. The new colours of the flag were the Union Jack in the top left corner, the British Raj red ensign, and India’s star in the middle. The flag of British Burma was approved in 1939. On the right side of the flag, the peacock was depicted as a yellow circle. In 1941, the British Burma flag underwent another change. This new flag, flown in the centre of the country, had a blue background and a yellow circle around the peacock.
Invasion Of Japan
In 1942, after the Japanese Empire seized control of the country, the Japanese flag was used as a temporary flag in Burma. Japan’s national flag, with a red circle in the centre on a white backdrop, was flown.
On 1 August 1943, the Japanese ousted Burma’s military government and created a government they supported and controlled. The newly formed administration designed a new flag. A peacock sat in the centre of the flag, encircled by three yellow-green-red horizontal stripes. This peacock symbol was used to design the Konbaung Dynasty flag.
Invasion Of The British Isles
In 1945, the British were able to reclaim Burma after World War II, and the blue flag of British Burma was flown for the first time. Burma joined the Commonwealth Nations and established the Burma Union after General Aung San and other independent government officials were killed.
Burma’s flag was established after the country’s independence in 1948. A rectangular blue backdrop was overlaid on a crimson background in the flag’s top left corner. Five small and one giant star appeared on the blue rectangle. The largest star represented the Union, while the other four stars represented Burma’s five states. In 1974, the country of Burma became a socialist state. When the country was renamed Myanmar Union in 1988, the flag remained unchanged.
The Current Flag of Myanmar
In 2006, it was suggested that a three-strip horizontal green, yellow, and red flag with a five-pointed white star be used. As a tribute to the 2006 flag, a horizontal yellow-green-red banner with a white star in the centre was designed in 2007. Myanmar’s national flag was authorised on 21 October 2010, and since then, Myanmar has flown this flag.
On that day, all individuals born on Tuesday were chosen to lower the old flag, and those born on Wednesday were chosen to raise the new flag.
According to critics of the current administration, the new flag is an attempt by the government to impose its ethnic preferences on the people of the country.
The most popular way to recognise the flag is by the canton of the previous flag, which was red and blue. People believe that the flag portrays the country more authentically.
Conclusion
Although the country’s historical flags are among Asia’s oldest, the current Myanmar national flag is one of the world’s newest.
A five-pointed white star lies in the centre of the flag, which has horizontal stripes of yellow, green, and red. The three strips symbolically reflect society’s three pillars: togetherness, peace, and bravery.
