Flag of Timor-Leste
On May 20, 2002, East Timor gained full independence and a new national flag was approved. Prior to this, subsequent Indonesia’s extraction in 1999, East Timor was managed by the UN, and the UN flag hovered over it. East Timor flag features black, yellow, red colors and white stars. The black signifies more than four periods of colonial repression, the yellow the fight for independence, and the red the sorrow of the East Timorese people. The white star represents hope for the future.
The flag is founded on a design used by the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (Fretilin), the main assemblage opposing Indonesia’s seizure of East Timor in 1975–76. Flag of East Timor comprise of a striped red-yellow-red field with a black canton along the hoist deportment a white star.
History of Timor-Leste Flag
East Timor is a republic in Maritime Southeast Asia. The nation developed to a colony of Portugal in the 16th century, and was recognized as Portuguese Timor until it attained independence on November 28, 1975. However, this independence was short-lived, as Indonesia attacked and occupied East Timor only nine days later. For periods, East Timor experienced violence as nationalist groups fought with the Indonesian military. In 1999, with the assistance of the United Nations, East Timor enthused closer to becoming an independent country over as Indonesia relinquished control of the territory. On May 20, 2002, East Timor became the 21st century’s first sovereign state.
The national flag of East Timor was first accepted in 1975 during the country's short-lived nine-day period of independence. On April 1998, a new flag was recommended for the country during the East Timorese National Agreement, and its design was beforehand used by the National Council of Timorese Resistance. However, use of this flag was on provision. When East Timor attained its independence again in 2002, the flag first presented in 1975 was readopted as the country's national flag.
Timor-Leste Flag Design and Symbolic Meaning
The flag of East Timor landscapes a red field with a black isosceles triangle on the winch side of the flag. This triangle is overlaid on a larger yellow triangle, which is also built on the hoist side of the flag and has an elevation that is half the length of the flag. The black triangle structures a white star with five points.
Every color and symbol in East Timor’s flag has meaning. The red color represents the country’s struggle for independence, while the yellow triangle is supposed to signify the traces of colonialism in the country's history. The black color denotes the country's "obscurantism that needs to be overcome," and the white star signifies peace and managerial light.