Guatemala Flag

The history of the Guatemala flag is not very old regarding the adoption of the flag of Guatemala. The history of the Guatemala country itself is very old, dated back at the start of the 18th century. The Guatemala flag colors had strong association with the Central America’s united provinces old federation flag. The former flag of Guatemala used before the era of 1871 comprises of horizontal strips instead of current vertical strips on Guatemalan flag. The strips direction was transformed from horizontal to vertical direction in 1871. This change was occurred to make a difference between the national flag of Guatemala and the other flags of the countries of the Central America. The Guatemala flag was one of the newest flag of the world, as the Guatemala's National flag was approved by the government of Guatemala on 26th December 1997. Hence the adoption of the flag of Guatemala happened after so many years of the independence of Guatemala. The Guatemala became an independent state on 15th September 1821, after taking freedom from the monarchy of the Spain.

From the picture of the Guatemala flag one can get the detail idea of the description of the flag. According to the officials of the Guatemala, the flag Guatemala is made with the proportion of 5:8. There are three vertical strips on the flag. The hoist side vertical strip and the flown side strip are of blue color while the central strip is of white color. In detail the first vertical strip from hoist side is of blue color. The second vertical strip on the flag is of white color, while the third and last flown side strip is again of blue color. The Guatemala coat of arms is drawn at the center of the white color middle strip. The coat of arms holds light blue background color. On the blue field, the two rifles and two swords of golden color are drawn on the shield and both of these are tied with the branches of the laurel. The sentence “Libertad 15 de septiembre de 1821" is also written on the coat of arms with golden color. Above the sentence the Quetzal bird is also drawn.

Meaning of the Guatemala flag colors and the coat of arms on the Guatemala's flag is simple. The flag wholly depicts the people and the country of the Guatemala. The rifles on the coat of arms of flag of Guatemala represent that the people of the Guatemala that are always ready for the defense of their country, whenever needed, in case of war or any activity of the enemies in the territory of the Guatemala. The branches of olives represent the peace in the country. The Guatemala is located between the two oceans that is Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, so this fact is represented by the two blue color vertical strips on the flag of Guatemala drawn at the two ends of the flag. While the white strip on the flag depicts the values of the country and also the harmony, peace and purity. The Quetzal bird on the flag depicts the freedom and the sovereignty of the people of Guatemala. The sentence written on the coat of arms represents the date of independence of Guatemala from Spain.

The Guatemala flag lapel pins can be bought from market easily, along with the cloth flag of Guatemala for the purpose of flown at some special occasion or in general. Guatemala flag face painting is drawn by most of people for a change at the independence day of Guatemala or at some sports festival.