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The flag of Haiti (drapo Ayiti) is a bicolour featuring two horizontal bands coloured blue and red, emblazoned by a white rectangular panel bearing the coat of arms of Haiti. The coat of arms depicts a trophy of weapons atop a green hill and a royal palm symbolizing independence.
Art historians disagree on the origins of Haitian Vodou arts. Suzanne Blier makes the case that they come from the coastal areas of Benin and Togo. Robert Farris Thompson makes a plausible connection with Central Africa based on similarities with nkisi figures from the Kongo, and cosmograms, flags, drums and dances from that region.
Flags most often commemorate specific spirits or saints, but the 2010 Haiti earthquake has become a common subject of art flags. The use of sequins in these flags became prevalent in the 1940s, and many of today's flags cover the entire flag in colored sequins and beads. These flags are traded as art by dealers around the world.
Paintings, textile art, flags Myrlande Constant (born 1968) is a Haitian textile artist who specializes in Vodou themed flags, or drapo Vodou . Since she began making Vodou flags in the 1990s, she has transformed and surpassed this medium, preferring to make large-scale tableau, she describes her work as "painting with beads."
Plantilla:Country data Haiti; Bandera d'Haití; Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Haitská vlajka; Šablona:Data státu/Druhé Haitské císařství; Usage on de.wikipedia.org Flagge Haitis; Kaiserreich Haiti (1849–1859) Liste der Monarchen von Haiti; Usage on el.wikipedia.org Κατάλογος σημαιών της Βόρειας Αμερικής
Date: 1986-present: Source: Coat of arms from: File:Coat of arms of Haiti.svg by Lokal_Profil and Myriam Thyes CONSTRUCTION SHEET: Vexilla Mundi. Author (colours and size changes of the now deletied versions) Madden, Vzb83, Denelson83, Chanheigeorge, Zscout370 and Nightstallion
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