Flag of Barbados
Description
- A vertical triband of ultramarine, gold, and ultramarine with a black broken trident head on the gold band
- Designed by Grantley Prescod, a teacher, and chosen from over a thousand entries in a national competition
- Adopted on 30 November 1966, the day of independence from the United Kingdom
Trivia
- The broken trident alludes to the trident of Neptune on Barbados's pre-independence colonial badge; the break symbolises departure from Britain
- The three prongs of the trident represent the three principles of democracy: government of, for, and by the people
- Known locally as The Broken Trident, the flag has remained unchanged since independence in 1966
Flag of Barbados
The flag of Barbados is a vertical triband of ultramarine, gold, and ultramarine, with a black broken trident head on the central gold band. Adopted on 30 November 1966, the day Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom, the design was chosen from more than a thousand entries in a public competition and was the work of Grantley Prescod, a Barbadian art teacher.
The blue panels stand for the sea and the sky of the island, while the gold represents the sand of its beaches. The trident is a direct reference to Neptune's trident on Barbados's colonial badge, but the shaft is broken to signify the country's decisive departure from colonial rule. Its three prongs are said to symbolise the three principles of democracy: government of, for, and by the people.
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