Banner o Angolae

The naitional banner o Angolae came intae uise at unthirldom on November 11, 1975. It is split horizontally intae an upper reid hauf an a lawer black hauf.  

As in some ither African kintras, this banner is a modification o the rulin pairty's banner. The guerilla movement an later governin pairty, the Popular Movement for the Liberation o Angolae (MPLA), uised the same design wi a golden star in the center. The reid stood for socialism an black for Africae.  The star wis modeled efter the red star o the Soviet Union, whilk sponsored the MPLA.

Later, the explanation wis makkit that it wis less pairty-specific: The reid is for the bluid spilt bi Angolans throu thair unthirldom struggles, whilk the black is for the continent o Africae. The symbol in the middle is o a crossed cog wheel (representin warkers an industry) an machete (representin the peasantry) wi a gowd star.  It wis adoptit durin a time whan Angolae haed a Marxist govrenment, an thus wis supposed tae evoke the image o the hammer an sickle foond on the banner o the umwhile Soviet Union, a common symbol o Communism.
The banner is maist recently describit an explained in airticle 162 o the Constitutional Law o the Republic o Angolae (Constitution) o August 25, 1992.

 2003 proposal 
In 2003, a new, mair "optimistic" banner wis proposed bi the Parliament's Constitutional Commission o the Naitional Assembly (Angolan Parliament), that sae far haes no been formally adoptit. The sun design in the middle is meant tae be reminiscent o cave paintins foond in Tchitundo-Hulu cave.  The banner, that is different in design an symbolism, maintains the same banner proportions o 2:3.Angola - proposal for a new flag

References

http://www.angola.org/referenc/proposed_flag.html 

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