Redesign flag, change country’s name

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I WOULD like to make a comment regarding our national flag.
The black, red and gold is a misinterpretation and does not depict Papua New Guinea well by representing the true colours of the bird of paradise.
If you look carefully through a microscope, the colours of the bird of paradise are brown, gold, black, green and white.
I suggest the flag be redesigned and incorporate these colours.
The red, black and gold is a replica of the flag of Germany – who colonised parts of New Guinea.
How can a grade six pupil who is still a child design a perplex flag diligently without computers and internet in those days?
I doubt that, someone could have did it for her.
I suggest that the country change its name from Papua New Guinea to Papua Niugini or otherwise East Irian, because West Irian is across the border.
This is a personal perspective.

A.Gandhi,
Bukbuk
Madang

2 comments

  • I would like to support A.Gandhi here.
    The flag colours is not right. The design is okay. Green should be included to also represent the tropics, blue also to represents the sea/ocean. Black/Red/Gold is Germany and also the Australian Aboriginal flag colours. These two colours of flags were there before ours. Lets change the colours.
    ‘Papua New Guinea’ is a colonial name. Let it go, if we want to be truly independent. The name plays with our mindset and dependability to colonial countries. Change it… my suggestion “Kumul”. Its unique, short and sweet.

  • There is no critical and overwhelming reason to change the country’s name and flag design. Leave them as they are.

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