Saint Lucia flag

Saint Lucia flag
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Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	1: 2
Officially accepted:	February 22, 2002

The first flag of St. Lucia with this basic design was designed by local artist Sir Dunstan St. Omer and adopted on March 1, 1967. The design was slightly modified in 1979 and 2002.

meaning

Soccer fan with flag of St. Lucia

The sky blue background of the flag represents loyalty. The blue reflects the tropical sky and also the surrounding emerald seas, the Caribbean and the Atlantic .

The color gold represents the prevailing sunshine in the Caribbean and its abundance. Black and white stand for the cultural influences, the white culture and the black culture, which live and work together in unity.

The design emphasizes the predominance of African culture, which is opposed to European culture against the background of sunshine and the ever-blue sea. This is expressed by three triangles in the center of the flag.

In addition, the shape of the triangles is reminiscent of the famous Pitons , the symbols of St. Lucia. The twin rocks at Soufrière protrude almost 800 m towards the sky. They are a symbol of people's hopes and longings.

history

The national flag, which St. Lucia adopted as the Associated State on March 1, 1967, already corresponded in its basic design to today's flag. With independence on February 22, 1979, the aspect ratio was changed from 5: 8 to 1: 2, the golden triangle was drawn up to the center of the flag and the background was given a darker shade of blue. On February 22, 2002, it became light blue in its current version.

During the British rule, colonial flags based on a Blue Ensign were in use.