Samoan Flag Meaning:
The red base represents courage. The blue stands for freedom and the white represents purity. The five stars symbolize the constellation the Southern Cross, representing the stars Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon, which is smaller because it doesn't shine as brightly as the other stars in the constellation. The cross represents Samoa's geographical position in the world and its link to New Zealand, which also incorporates the Southern Cross on its national flag.
Samoan Helena Flag History:
The Samoan flag was adopted on February 24 1949 while Samoa was still a trust territory of New Zealand. Samoa gained independence from New Zealand on January 1, 1962 The basic design of the Samoan flag was created in 1948 That flag was identical to the current flag except the Southern Cross star pattern had only four stars. The fifth star was added in February of 1949.
The red base represents courage. The blue stands for freedom and the white represents purity. The five stars symbolize the constellation the Southern Cross, representing the stars Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon, which is smaller because it doesn't shine as brightly as the other stars in the constellation. The cross represents Samoa's geographical position in the world and its link to New Zealand, which also incorporates the Southern Cross on its national flag.
Samoan Helena Flag History:
The Samoan flag was adopted on February 24 1949 while Samoa was still a trust territory of New Zealand. Samoa gained independence from New Zealand on January 1, 1962 The basic design of the Samoan flag was created in 1948 That flag was identical to the current flag except the Southern Cross star pattern had only four stars. The fifth star was added in February of 1949.
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Thanks this helped me(:
Talofa Kitiona, my Year 9 girls have been learning about fa'a Samoa and fa'a Palagi in Social Studies at Otago Girls High School in Dunedin. First we drew the Samoan flag and wrote down what we thought the colours and symbols might mean. Then we used your blogspot to take notes. Thanks for helping us!
Whaea Joe Hunter
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