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by Zoltan Horvath, 22 July 2024
Flag adopted 21 October 2010
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According to reports the constitutional convention has now
finished its job and the constitution has found its final wording. The
flag enshrined in the final document is the yellow, green, and red flag
reported earlier, but the star
is not positioned in the upper, green stripe, as suggested before. In
the final version the star is centered and enlarged so that it reaches
into the upper and lower stripes.
Quoting "The New Light of Myanmar" newspaper for 3. September 2007,
here is
the section on the flag:
Chapter XIIIThe drawing above is based on the report in "The Irrawaddy" for 3. September 2007, see: http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=8478. It should be emphasized that the flag is far from being run up the flagpole. The constitution has yet to be adopted and it remains unclear when it will come into effect (or if it will at all). Unsurprisingly, both the constitution and the new flag is being criticized by the opposition to Myanmar's military government.
State Flag, State Seal, National Anthem and the Capital Regarding the State Flag,
"(1) The State Flag shall be prescribed as follows: The Flag is marked with yellow, green and red stripes in a proportionate ratio. On the green stripe in the centre of the State Flag is a large white star covering all the three stripes directing upwards.
"(2) Law shall be promulgated concerning the State Flag."
At website http://burmadigest.info/2008/03/28/2008-constitution-of-burma/
the new State Constitution of Myanmar (2008) is published (in Burmese
language). At the page nr.190 of the pdf-files
http://burmadigest.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/constitution-2008.pdf
one finds the images of the new emblem and of the new flag.
Jens Pattke,
5 June 2008
The text of this draft constitution is available in English together with
draft constitutions of several states (all in Burmese and English) where you can
find descriptions (and images in some cases) of the official flags at:
http://www.burmalibrary.org/show.php?cat=1140.
Chrystian Kretowicz,
31 August 2009
A quick exchange of emails with Jos Poels revealed that the
same document is available from the website of the Myanmar mission at
the UN in Switzerland, indicating the document has official status:
http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/pressrelease_PMGev/NationalConstitution(Draft)2008.pdf.
Jan Oskar Engene,
5 June 2008
Xinhua People's Daily Online reported that Myanmar officially
hoisted the new flag - the one that we already know with three horizontal
stripes of yellow-green-red and white five-pointed star in the middle:
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7173655.html
Valentin Poposki, 21 October 2010
More information and a picture about the new Myanmar flag is posted at:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/8177818/myanmar-gets-new-flag-official-name-anthem/.
The official name of the country has became: Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Zoltan Horvath, 21 October 2010
It may be worth of noting that the old flag was ordered to be burned
(I guess in proper ceremonious manner, as the old US flags are
commonly burned).
More curious is the order that "the old flag had to be lowered by
someone born on a Tuesday and the new flag had to be raised by someone
born on a Wednesday".
Željko Heimer, 21 October 2010
Managed to find
http://mrtv-web.mrtv3.net.mm/open7/221010iss.html, which is the website of
Myanmar National Television 3. The text of the article is about the new national
symbols and the legislation that will include these symbols. The text of the
article is below:
"21 Oct 2010: The State Peace and Development Council of
the Union of Myanmar issued State Flag Law with State Peace and Development
Council Law (8/2010); State Seal Law with State Peace and Development Council
Law (9/2010); National Anthem Law with State Peace and Development Council Law
(10/2010); State Flag Rules with State Peace and Development Council Rule
(1/2010); State Seal Rules with State Peace and Development Council Rule
(2/2010); and National Anthem Rules with State Peace and Development Council
Rule (3/ 2010) dated 13th Waxing of Thadingyut 1372 ME (21 October 2010).
Article 443 of State Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
says that the State Peace and Development Council shall do the preparatory work
to bring the Constitution into operation. So, the abovementioned Laws and Rules
are promulgated in line with the provisions of State Constitution as the
occasion arises to promulgate necessary laws for ensuring smooth operation of
State's legislative, executive and judicial functions, enabling upcoming laws to
assume charge of their duties, and doing preparatory work in accordance with the
law. Those Laws and Rules are featured in the supplements of today's issues of
the newspapers."
Zachary Harden, 6 November 2010
The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics (Flags
and Anthems Manual London 2012) provides recommendations for national flag
designs. Each NOC was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for
their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm
version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the
official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the NOC
believed the flag to be. For Myanmar: PMS 116 yellow, 361 green, 1788 red. The
vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees anti-clockwise.
Ian Sumner, 11 October 2012
2:3 image by Željko Heimer, 19 December 2010
I have received copies of the official laws (in the Burmese language) about
the anthem, emblem and flag of Myanmar from the Myanmar embassy in Berlin. The
relation of height to width is 2:3. The white five-pointed star has 2/3 of the
height of the cloth.
The official colors of the stripes are:
Yellow:
Pantone 116 PC (C:0 M:12 Y:100 K:0)
Green: Pantone 361 PC (C:75 M:0 Y:100
K:0)
Red: Pantone 1788 PC (C:0 M:88 Y:80 K:0)
Jens Pattke, 19 December 2010
This is from State Flag Law with State Peace and Development Council Law
(8/2010) (13th Waxing of Thadingyut 1372 ME (21 October 2010)), according to
http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/open7/221010iss.html.
Zachary Harden, 19
December 2010
The hoist dimensions of 2-2-4-2-2 are clear enough as are the fly 9-9. Now,
if one wants to construct a regular star that fits these dimensions (in "real"
geometry, not using computer shapes which make the job much easier) one needs
the radius of the circle circumscribing it. It could be shown (if I have not
made any errors in calculations) that the radius R is R = 2/3 * H * (sqrt(5)-1)/sqrt(5)
where H is the flag hoist, in this case being 12, i.e., R = 8 * (sqrt(5)-1)/sqrt(5)
~ 4.422.
Željko Heimer, 19 December 2010
Meanings of the current State Flag of Myanmar:
- The inclusion of yellow colour, green colour and red colour as background is honourably indicating the three-coloured flag which was applied magnificently during the period of struggle for independence of Myanmar.
- The yellow colour indicates the meaning of unity, conformity, huge wisdom, happiness and unity of all national races amicably.
- The green colour indicates the meaning of soil fertility, conformity, fairness and being a peaceful, pleasant, and greening nation.
- The red colour indicates the meaning of bravery and decisiveness
- The white colour of the star indicates the meaning of purity, honesty, fullness of compassion and power. According to The State Flag Law ( The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 8 / 2010 )
and Myanmar Textbook, Second Standard Grade 3.
Edward Mooney, 07 May 2022
image located by Zachary Harden 14 February 2022
The new emblem removes the color blue and instead just uses the colors red
and gold/yellow. Also, the cogwheel has been removed and replaced with laurel or
olive branches and the words on the scroll have been changed to its new name of
the country.
Zoltan Horvath, 24 October 2010