I've never been one to give much thought to New Year's Resolutions. Usually they are filled with a bunch of empty promises you make to yourself and never intend to keep. BUT, this year I'm giving it a try. My resolution is to educated myself and those close to me on everything concerning Ethiopia. This will be important to my child, therefore it is important to me. I've obviously already spent a great deal of time researching Ethiopia but now it's time to dig deeper. Below is the beginning of many posts I plan to make regarding this beautiful country and the culture. The following information was taken from one of my favorite blogs.
Ethiopian Flag Meaning:
The colored stripes on the Ethiopian flag are significant - the red stripe stands for power, faith and blood; the yellow symbolizes peace, natural wealth and love; and the green represents the land and hope. The colors were also interpreted to have a connection to the Holy Trinity, and the three main provinces of Ethiopia. The star represents unity of the people and the races that make up Ethiopia. The five rays on the outside of the star represent prosperity and the blue disk represents peace.
The three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors.
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