Flag of Vanuatu
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[[Image:Flag of Vanuatu.svg|thumb|right|250px|[[Image:FIAV 111110.svg|20px|]] Flag ratio: 19:36]]
[[Image:Naval Ensign of Vanuatu.svg|thumb|right|250px|[[Image:FIAV 000001.svg|23px]] Naval Ensign]]
The '''flag of [[Vanuatu]]''' was adopted on [[February 13]], [[1980]].
When the [[Vanua'aku Party]] led the country to [[independence]] as Vanuatu in [[1980]], the colors of the party flag - red, green, black and yellow - were chosen to be the basis for the national flag. A parliamentary committee chose the final design based on submissions from local artists.
The green represents the richness of the islands, the red is symbolic of the [[blood]] of [[boar]]s and men, and the black of the [[ni-Vanuatu]] people. Vanuatu's Prime Minister requested the inclusion of yellow and black [[fimbriation]]s to make the black stand out. The yellow Y-shape represents the light of the [[Gospel]] going through the pattern of the islands in the [[Pacific Ocean]] (Vanuatu is approximately 90% [[Christian]]).
The emblem in the black is a [[boar]]'s [[tusk]] - the symbol of prosperity worn as a [[pendant]] on the islands - along with two leaves of the local [[namele]] [[fern]]. The leaves are supposed to be a token of [[peace]], and their 39 fronds represent the 39 members of Vanuatu's [[legislative assembly]].
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