Seychelles (1977-1996 flag)

Republik Sesel / Republic of Seychelles

Last modified: 2002-03-23 by rob raeside
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by Zeljko Heimer based on Album des Pavillons (2000)

• Description of the flag
• Construction sheet
• Three-wave variant
• President's flag
• 1977 Seychelles aircraft roundel

See also:

• Seychelles

National Flag 1977-1996:
Use: National Flag and Ensign.

Red over green divided with wavy white stripe.

Proportions: 1:2 - Wavy bar: both Barraclough and Crampton 1981 and Smith 1985 show it as three (elongated) cosine periods. Álvarez 1986 shows it as three periods of a sine function, but I believe this source is not very reliable, at least for non-American flags (for instance, it says that "finis coronat opvs" translates into "the crown's end is to work"...!)

Origin: previously used by the Seychelles People's United Party (SPUP, currently the People's Progressive Front) showing also a yellow rising sun. This was removed in the national flag to indicate that the sun of freedom shines over the country.

Meaning: red stands for progress and revolution, green for earth and agriculture, white wavy bar for the waves which bathe the islands' beaches and the resources which are obtained from the Indian Ocean.

Sources: Barraclough and Crampton 1981 pp.153-154, Smith 1985 p.194, Crampton 1989 p.99, Álvarez 1986 p.131, Kindersley 1997