Flag of Vanuatu / Ni-Vanuatu (JPG)

Flag of Vanuatu / Ni-Vanuatu (jpg)

The flag of Vanuatu was adopted on February 13, 1980. The green represents the richness of the islands, the red is symbolic of the blood of boars and men, and the black of the ni-Vanuatu people. The yellow Y-shape represents the light of the Gospel going through the pattern of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The emblem in the black is a boar's tusk - the symbol of prosperity worn as a pendant on the islands - along with two leaves of the local namele fern. The leaves are supposed to be a token of peace, and their 39 fronds represent the 39 members of Vanuatu's legislative assembly.