Flag of Easter Island explained

Easter Island
Use:110000
Proportion:5:8
Adoption:9 May 2006
Design:A white flag with a red reimiro in the centre
Proportion2:3:4
Adoption2:1880
Relinquished2:1899
Design2:A white flag with a red reimiro in the centre and four black Rapanui: [[Tangata manu]] figures in each corner
Use2:Former flag
Image3:Flag of Easter Island until 1902.svg
Proportion3:2:3
Adoption3:1899
Relinquished3:1902
Design3:A horizontal bicolor of red and white with the blue square ended on the upper hoist-side corner of the red band bearing the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a cross, a miter and vertical red reimiros surrounding.[1]
Use3:Former flag

The flag of Easter Island (rap|Te Reva Reimiro or Rapanui: Te Reva Rapa Nui) consists of a white banner with a red reimiro. It was first flown in public alongside the national flag on 9 May 2006.[2]

Depiction

It is a white flag featuring in center a reimiro painted in red (Rapanui: mana), a symbol of power, with two anthropomorphic figures at its edges, representing the ariki .[3]

A variant distinctively features four black Rapanui: [[Tangata manu]] at each corner of the flag.

History

The flag was created by the local population in 1880 for the island to adopt the apparatus of a modern state and hold a state-to-state dialogue with Chile, which eventually annexed the island in 1888.

For many years, the flag was unofficially used by the island's Polynesian population to represent their island, however the official flag was the white and gold flag of the Municipality of Easter Island. In 2006, it was upgraded to a Special Territory and optional use of the Rapa Nui name was allowed in government documents for the first time, with the reimiro flag adopted as the entity's flag.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: December 19, 1902 . Bandera de la Isla de Pascua . 8 October 2022 . Revista Sucesos (17): 15. . 383.
  2. Web site: Crouch . Alex . 6 April 2015 . Easter Island's Flag . 20 June 2020 . The Flag Institute . en-GB.
  3. Web site: Cornejo . Cristobal . Salinas . Julio Hotu . 6 September 2011 . Campaña promueve uso de banderas de pueblos originarios: Sepa qué significan . 20 June 2020 . El Ciudadano . es.