Flag of East Timor / Timorese (JPG)

Flag of East Timor / Timorese (jpg)

The flag of East Timor was adopted in 2002.The yellow triangle represents "the traces of colonialism in East Timor's history". The black triangle represents "the obscurantism that needs to be overcome"; the red base of the flag represents "the struggle for national liberation"; the star, or "the light that guides", is white to represent peace.