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Republic of Burundi; Use: National flag and ensign: Proportion: 3:5: Adopted: 28 June 1967 (modified to current aspect ratio on 27 September 1982): Design: A white diagonal cross divided into four panels of red (top and bottom) and green (hoist-side and fly-side) with the white disk superimposed at the center of the cross bearing three red six-pointed stars with green outlines arranged in the ...
The Kingdom of Burundi (French: Royaume du Burundi), also known as Kingdom of Urundi (Kirundi: Ubwami bw'Urundi), was a Bantu kingdom in the modern-day Republic of Burundi. The Ganwa monarchs (with the title of mwami ) ruled over both Hutus and Tutsis .
Flag Date Use Description 1972: Possible rendition of the green-red-green flag of Martyazo: 1967-1982: Second flag of the Republic of Burundi [8] 1966-1967: First flag of the Republic of Burundi [9] 1966: Second and last flag of the Kingdom of Burundi: 1962-1966: Second Royal standard of the Kingdom of Burundi: 1962-1966: First flag of the ...
The flag of the Kingdom of Burundi (1962–1966). Independence Square and monument in Bujumbura. Full independence was achieved on July 1, 1962. [3] In the context of weak democratic institutions at independence, Tutsi King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng established a constitutional monarchy comprising equal numbers of Hutus and Tutsis. [3]
Flag of the Kingdom of Burundi with a karyenda in the middle. A house of drums Traditional Burundian drummers. When Burundi gained independence from Belgium in 1962, the karyenda was the symbol on the national flag and its coat of arms from 1962 to 1966. [1] It was replaced after the republic was established.
The Kingdom of Burundi or Urundi, in the Great Lakes region was a polity ruled by a traditional monarch with several princes beneath him; succession struggles were common. [6] The king, known as the mwami (translated as ruler) headed a princely aristocracy ( ganwa ) which owned most of the land and required a tribute, or tax, from local farmers ...
History of Burundi; Joseph Bamina; Joseph Cimpaye; July 1962; Karyenda; Kingdom of Burundi; List of Burundian flags; List of dignitaries at the state funeral of John F. Kennedy; List of former sovereign states; List of heads of former ruling families; List of heads of state and government who died in office; List of heads of state and ...
Burundi (/ b ə ˈ r ʊ n d i / ⓘ, /-ˈ r ʌ n-/), officially the Republic of Burundi (Kirundi: Repubulika y’Uburundi, [1] [u.βu.ɾǔː.ndi]; Swahili: Jamuhuri ya Burundi; French: République du Burundi}}, or ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge.