Flag of Oman
Oman and Madagascar are two nations tied to East Africa. So close yet separate. The roots of there civilizations reside in Asia.
Madagascar is a huge island just off the coast of East Africa and is the melting-pot mosaic of the Indian Ocean with heritages from Indonesia, India, Arabia (Oman), and Africa. But it was the latecomers, the French who snookered control in the end, yet they too would surrender control to the 'natives.'
Flag of MadagascarOman and
Madag
ascar are the only flag-pair that are geographically aligned with the two tropic lines of the hemispheres. Oman lies along the North Indian Ocean along the
Tropic of Cancer, while Madagascar lies in the South Indian Ocean along the
Tropic of Capricorn.
During the longest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun directly above the Tropic of Cancer. Around June 21, usually.
And during the longest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere, the sun is straight up directly above the Tropic of Capricorn. Around December 21, usually.
These lands are sunny and bright with a patriotic wave of red, green and white!
ascar are the only flag-pair that are geographically aligned with the two tropic lines of the hemispheres. Oman lies along the North Indian Ocean along the Tropic of Cancer, while Madagascar lies in the South Indian Ocean along the Tropic of Capricorn.
Lesotho are two African nations of distant lands who were united under the British Empire. Sierra Leone is north of the equator in West Africa, while Lesotho is south of the equator in East Africa.
Two nations of the French speaking persuasion that are in Central Africa. The poetry of the sun is loud, royal and rich.
Gabon was the 'Liberia' of France in much the same way that 'Sierra Leone' was to the UK. But before these lofty ambitions took hold, Gabon received her name from the Portuguese and it was a central slave depot for the Dutch, English, and French Colonies.
This flag was first raised in the US in the 1920s to represent unity of African Americans.
egal have flags of matching colours and centered with a star. They are the beginning and end of the West African Coast. Although the colours are similar these people are distant neighbors with parallel and intersecting histories.
he North European Sea have a special kind of symmetry that connects them in a colourful way that was their destiny. They are islands at opposite ends of the cold seas of Northern Europe.
