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Africa

Burundi

Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: June 28, 1967 Usage: National and Civil

Green
represents hope
The three stars
represent the three
White signifies peace ethnic groups, the
Tutsi, Hutu,
and Twa
Red is symbolic of blood shed in
the struggle for independence

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kingdom in 1962 and became a republic in 1966.
The flag adopted at independence THE NATIONAL ARMS
had a drum—symbolic of the The coat of arms has also been
monarchy—and a sorghum plant in altered. The royal drum which was
the central disc. When the kingdom above the shield was removed, a
was abolished the drum was more republican motto was adopted,
removed, and a year later the and the four spears were reduced to
sorghum plant was replaced by the three, again to represent the ethnic
three stars, said to symbolize the groups. The golden lion’s face also
main ethnic groups. featured on the royal badge.
ARMS OF BURUNDI
Three spears represent
The lion’s face has Burundi’s ethnic groups
remained unchanged since
the original 1962 arms

The motto is “Unité-
Travail-Progrès” meaning
“Unity, Work, Progress”

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