Flag of Indonesia
The flag of Indonesia was officially launched on 17 August 1945. In Indonesia it is called Merah Putih ( Sang Saka Merah Putih completely ), which simply " Red-White " (complete " The honorable Red - White ") means.
Description
The national flag is referred to in Article 35 of the 1945 Constitution of two equal horizontal stripes: red above and white below. The aspect ratio is two to three.
History
The various kingdoms of the Malay Archipelago had many flags. You can find nowadays still partially use in the traditional ruling houses of the kingdoms in Indonesia. During the colonial period was used in the former Dutch East Indies, the flag of the Netherlands. The Dutch East India Company was in the Dutch tricolor additionally their emblem.
The colors go on a flag of Prince Jayakatong ( 1293 ), the founder of the Kingdom of Majapahit, which reached its peak in the 14th century, back. , Which consisted of nine red and white stripes. This building is now used as the naval jack of the Indonesian Navy, where it is called Ular - ular Perang ( War snakes). 1922 took Indonesian students in the Netherlands it as a symbol of Indonesian cooperatives to. 1928 continued the Indonesian National Party, the red- white flag for the first time on Java. According to legend, they wanted to separate with the removal of the blue strip of the flag of the Netherlands, the aristocratic blue blood from the red blood of the people and the white purity. Although this legend is not occupied, actually first Indonesian national flags might have been caused by the removal of the blue strip of the Dutch flag, if they had survived the Japanese occupation in World War II.
When Indonesia declared after World War II on August 17, 1945 independent, the red-white flag was adopted as the new national flag and placed in front of the presidential palace in Jakarta. Supposedly she herself had sewn Fatmawati, the wife of President Sukarno. The original flag ( bendera Pusaka ) was until August 17, 1968 set forth and then replaced with a new one of Indonesian silk. The Bendera Pusaka is now on display at the Independence Room of the National Monuments.
More flags of Indonesia
Flags of the state and of organizations
The provinces of Indonesia use monochrome flags with the provincial emblem in Zemtrum. More flags there are, for example, for cities, the military, universities and political parties.
Gösch the Indonesian Navy
Flags of separatist movements
The Organization for a Free Papua ( OPM) used the Morning Star flag as a symbol of the independence movement in West Papua. The Republic of the South Moluccas, the attempted 1950-1955 to achieve its independence from Indonesia, introduced its own flag, which was first set on 2 May 1950. Similarly, the independence movement in Aceh.
Separatists in Riau (Sumatra )
Others
Show the same color arrangement, partly with other aspect ratios, many other flags, such as the national flag of Monaco or the regional flags of Solothurn and Hesse. The flag of Singapore also leads in the red stripes a crescent moon and five white stars. To avoid confusion with the neighboring country, Singapore used completely different flag designs for its maritime flags.