The Secret History Behind Suriname's Flag
Suriname's flag has a star that stands for every group in the country.
The flag was legally adopted on November 25, 1975, when Suriname became independent from the Netherlands, after a national competition. The winner was Jack Pinas, an art teacher and graphic designer.
It has five horizontal bands: green, white, a wide red one, white and green, with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center. Red stands for progress and love, white for peace, freedom and justice, and green for hope and the fertility of the land. The yellow star is read as the unity of all of Suriname's ethnic groups and a golden future.
The date printed on every Suriname design in our catalog, November 25, 1975, is Independence Day.
One star for a country of many peoples.
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