Madagascar flag

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The national flag of Madagascar was adopted on October 14, 1958, two years before independence, while Madagascar was preparing a referendum on its status in the French Community.

The colors of the flag represent the history of Madagascar, its yearning for independence and its traditional classes. Red and white were the colors of the Merina Kingdom, which fell to France in 1896. They were used on the flag of the last Merina monarch, Queen Ranavalona III. They may indicate the ethnic origins of the Malagasy people in Southeast Asia, and also appear on the Indonesian flag. Green was the color of the Hova, the predominant class of commoner peasants, who played an important role in the agitation against France and in the independence movement.

Origin of colors

Red: clay color that refers to the walls of the houses of Merina, such as the color of the ancient kings or symbol of the blood of the tombs to refin the dead, very typical of the animism present in Madagascar.
White: like rice that is grown and collected, but also from the lamba fabric that the Malagasy women wear.
Green: travel companion with the coconut tree ravenala, which is the travel tree, the emblem of Madagascar, symbol of the union between man and nature.