Saturday, 13 February 2016

By Adam Bright


Wedged between Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda in east-central Africa, Burundi occupies a high plateau divided by several deep valleys. It is equal in size to Maryland.

The original inhabitants of Burundi were the Twa, a Pygmy people who now make up only 1% of the population. Today the population is divided between the Hutu (approximately 85%) and the Tutsi, approximately 14%. While the Hutu and Tutsi are considered to be two separate ethnic groups, scholars point out that they speak the same language, have a history of intermarriage, and share many cultural characteristics.

In the nineteenth century, Burundi was ruled by a Tutsi King. In 1890, Burundi turned out to be a piece of German East Africa. The Germans did not endeavor to represent the territory until 1897. Around then, Burundi's banner was the German tricolor banner that had three equivalent measured flat flags.

The top banner was black, the middle banner was white, and the lower banner was red. In the center of the white banner was an uncrowned imperial eagle. In 1916 during World War I, the Belgian army occupied Burundi. In 1922, the war had ended and the League of Nations had been established.

Burundi turned out to be a part of Belgium as a command from the League of Nations. Burundi was a part of the Belgium Congo until 1962. It was the Belgians who conveyed the French dialect to Burundi, where a great many people communicate in French. On July 1, 1962, the nation turned into the free Kingdom of Burundi. With this freedom, Burundi made another banner.

It had two corner to corner white strips which made a top and base red triangular shapes and a left and right green triangular ones. Focused on the strips and triangular shapes was a white circle. Inside the circle was a dark drum, called the Karyenda, which is a conventional insignia of the Mwami or lord. Beneath and somewhat in front, the drum was additionally a green sorghum plant with a red bloom. Flag Company Inc decided to assist with the history development by providing special decals and banners to make it easy to build a bit of history right at home.




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