Sarawak (Malaysia)

Negeri Serawak "Bumi Kenyalang", State of Sarawak "Land of the Hornbill"

Last modified: 2005-01-29 by santiago dotor
Keywords: sarawak | serawak | borneo | star: 9 points (yellow) | cross (black and red) | crown | czech-like flag |
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by Uros Zizmund

• Description
• Orientation and Colour of the Star
• Historical flags:
  • Kingdom of Sarawak 1841-1946
  • Crown Colony of Sarawak 1946-1963
  • Sarawak State Flag 1963-1973
  • Sarawak State Flag 1973-1988
• Political Parties (Sarawak)
• Sarawak Steamship Co.

See also:

• Subnational Flags (Malaysia)
• Malaysia

Description

It's interesting to see the state revert to the colours used by the Brooke family when they ruled the state as Rajahs, even if the Christian and monarchist symbolism of the cross and crown from the Brooke flag has been (understandably) dropped.

Roy Stilling, 27 July 1996

The Sarawak flag was adopted by the Parliament of Sarawak in 1988. The flag was first raised at the National Day parade in Kuching on August 31, 1988. At that time I received from the Sarawak government a brochure called: Bendera negeri Sarawak. Lambang negeri Sarawak. Lagu kebesaran negeri Sarawak. From this brochure stems the following transcription:

Interpretation of the three colo