Flag of the Republic of Burundi
Description
- A white saltire divides the field into alternating red (top and bottom) and green (hoist and fly)
- A white disc at the centre bears three red six-pointed stars arranged in a triangle
- The three stars stand for the national motto Unité, Travail, Progrès and for the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa peoples
Trivia
- The three stars also represent loyalty to God, the King and the country in older interpretations
- Current proportions of 3:5 were confirmed in 1982 after minor adjustments from the 1967 design
- The original 1962 flag featured a karyenda drum and sorghum plant, dropped after the 1966 coup
Flag of Burundi
Burundi's flag is divided by a white diagonal saltire into four triangular fields, with red at the top and bottom and green at the hoist and fly. A white disc in the centre bears three red six-pointed stars arranged in a triangle, each outlined in green. Red stands for the suffering of the independence struggle, green for hope, and white for peace.
The flag was adopted on 28 March 1967 after the monarchy was abolished, replacing an earlier design that featured a karyenda drum and sorghum plant. The three stars represent the national motto Unité, Travail, Progrès (Unity, Work, Progress) and are also taken to symbolise the country's three main peoples: the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa.
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