Saturday, 18 February 2012

Group 2

Two countries, get the most number of the votes, and one country, gets the most number of the votes cross linked with visitor's logged in countries, in total 3 countries from each group will advance to the 2nd round.


Ivory Coast
Côte d'Ivoire, Costa de Marfil

Orange is the colour of the land, rich and generous, the meaning of our fight, the blood of a young people fighting for emancipation. White is for peace, but peace with justice.  Green is for hope and the certainty of a better future. This symbolism is the same as for the orange-white-green flag of Niger, and the vertical positions are influenced by the French tricolor.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bosnia-Herzegovina

The triangle represents the three constituent peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the yellow the sun representing the symbol of hope. The blue and the stars represent Europe, a Europe that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a constituent part of. The colors have been changed to match those of the Council of Europe, which in effect represents a darker blue and yellow.

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

The eyes - Vigilance and Forward Vision of the State. The hair brushed in the forward direction - Bravery. The sword - defense of the homeland and implementation of the laws of the land. (In some older Kotte era flags, the sword was replaced with a Whip). The multiple lines of hair seen on the head of the lion - Nobility. The Equality of height between the head and the tail - The equality between the ruler and the rules. The strong paws of the lion - The strength of the Sri Lankans. The Four Temple finales (or koth) - Buddhism being the national religion of Sri Lanka.




Belize
Belize, Belice


The white disk in the center has 50 olive leaves along its inner periphery. This represents the year 1950, when British Honduras (Belize's former name) began its quest for independence from the UK. When Belize became independent in 1981, the two red stripes were added to the previous flag. In the center of the white disk there is a coat of arms divided in three sections. The left field holds an oar and a sledgehammer, the right one contains a saw and an ax, and the bottom one has a sailing ship. If one looks at the ship closely, one sees a red flag flying which might be a British Red Ensign. Above the coat of arms, there is a tree, and below the c.o.a., one can see Belize's motto "Sub umbra floreo" -- I flourish in the shadow (referring to the dependence from the UK). There is a mulatto man holding an ax to the left of the coat of arms. On the right side, a black man holds an oar.

San Marino
Saint-Marin, San Marino
 

Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the main colors derive from the shield of the coat of arms, which features three white towers on three peaks on a blue field; the towers represent three castles built on San Marino's highest feature Mount Titano: Guaita, Cesta, and Montale; the coat of arms is flanked by a wreath, below a crown and above a scroll bearing the word LIBERTAS (Liberty); the white and blue colors are also said to stand for peace and liberty respectively.

Vietnam
Viêt-Nam, Vietnam

Red symbolizes revolution and blood, the five-pointed star represents the five elements of the populace - peasants, workers, intellectuals, traders, and soldiers - that unite to build socialism. The flag was designed in 1940, and used during an uprising against French rule that year.

Andorra
Andorre, Andorra

The design is related to the flags of France and Spain, the two states that protect the independence of the small state. A flag of three bars is similar to that of the French Tricolore, while the pattern of a wider middle stripe can be noted on the Spanish flag. The blue and red of the Andorran flag are also found on the French flag, with red and yellow also being the principal colours of the Spanish flag. The coat of arms features a quartered shield with the emblems of : Urgell, Foix, Bearn, and Catalonia. The flag resembles to Chad, Romania and Moldova.

Tonga
Tonga, Tonga

The cross reflects the deep-rooted Christianity in Tonga; red represents the blood of Christ and his sacrifice; white signifies purity. The flag looks similar to the flag of the Red Cross. The flag was originally identical to that flag, but to avoid confusion, it was changed so that the red cross appeared as a canton of a red ensign, making it similar to the 17th-century English Red Ensing.

Jordan
Jordanie, Jordania
 
It is based on the flag of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoam Empire during WWI. The flag consists of horizontal black, white, and green bands that are connected by a red chevron. The colors stand are the Pan-Arab, representing the Abbasid (black band), Umayyad (white band), and Fatimid (green band) caliphates. The red chevron is for the Hashemite dynasty, and the Arab Revolt. The seven-pointed star stands for the seven verses of the first surah in the Qur'an, and also stands for the unity of the Arab people.

Romania
Roumanie, Rumania

  Modeled after the flag of France, the colors are those of the principalities of Walachia (red and yellow) and Moldavia (red and blue), which united in 1862 to form Romania; the national coat of arms that used to be centered in the yellow band has been removed. The flag resembles to Chad, Andorra and Moldova.


 

 
 
 

 
 









Thursday, 15 December 2011

Group 1


Two countries, get the most number of the votes, and one country, gets the most number of the votes cross linked with visitor's logged in countries, in total 3 countries from each group will advance to the 2nd round. 

South Africa
Afrique du Sud, Sudáfrica

The South African flag is one of only two national flags to contain six colours as part of its primary design (excluding those flags which contain various colour shades as part of the detail of coats of arms or other charges etc.). The other is South Sudan's.
Jamaica
Jamaïque, Jamaica 

The colours of the Jamaican flag were described at the time of it's origin as 'Black for the people'; Yellow for the Sun'; and 'Green representing the lush vegitation of the island'. The colors of Jamaica's flag are genuinely the colors of the Africa National Congress (ANC). Whether if it was ANC or Jamaica receieved colors from another or not is unknown.
 Qatar
Qatar, Qatar

At first glance, the Qatar flag seems remarkably similar to the flag of Bahrain. The proportions set them apart and the colors differ, with Bahrain being a standard "British" red and Qatar the distinctive "maroon.". This similarity reflects an intertwined history.
 United Kingdom
Royaume-Uni, Reino Unido

The flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is sometimes called the Union Jack. The flag of the UK is a combination of the flags of England (the cross of St. George), Scotland (the cross of St. Andrew), and Ireland (the cross of St. Patrick). The design and colors (especially the Blue Ensign) have been the basis for a number of other flags including other Commonwealth countries.

 
Liberia
Libéria, Liberia

The flag of Liberia was modeled after the United States flag. The white star represents freedom, and the eleven red and white stripes stand for the signers of the Liberian Declaration of Independence.
Burundi
Burundi, Burundi

The three stars in the centre of the flag officially refer to the three words in the national motto, “Unité, Travail, Progrès” (French for “Unity, Work, Progress”). The three stars are also said to represent the three ethnic groups who live in Burundi, the Hutu, Tutsi and the Twa.

 
Georgia
Géorgie, Georgia

Georgian flag has the most number of the crosses in any national flag: five. Although adopted as the official Georgian flag in 2004, the five-cross flag design appears to date back to the 14th century.

 
Yemen
Yémen, Yemen

Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; the band colors derive from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black), overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white).
Philippines
Philippines, Filipinas

The red color represents blood, courage and bravery, the blue color stands for unity and noble ideas, and the white color stands for peace and purity. The white triangle originally stood for the Katipunan, a revolutionary organization that led the revolt against Spanish rule in the late 1800s - it now stands for equality among men. The sun represents the dawning of a new era of self determination. The 8 rays of the sun stand for the first 8 provinces that revolted against Spain. The 3 stars stand for the 3 main geographic areas of the Philippines: Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.
Cambodia
Cambodge, Camboya

The Kingdom of Cambodia is one of the most ancient monarchies in the world. The central emblem represents the towers of Angkor Wat - Angkor being the only popular pronunciation of Norkor, Wat signifying Temple - seen from the front view. It is the only national flag to incorporate an actual building in its design