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Malaysia Flag
Malaysia’s national flag is called Jalur Gemilang. It combines fourteen equal red-and-white horizontal stripes with a dark-blue hoist field bearing a ye...
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About Malaysia and its flag
Malaysia’s national flag is called Jalur Gemilang. It combines fourteen equal red-and-white horizontal stripes with a dark-blue hoist field bearing a yellow crescent and a fourteen-point star. Government sources explain that the repeated number fourteen represents the unity of the 13 states and the federal government.
Flag design and meaning
Fourteen equal-width horizontal stripes alternate red and white, beginning with red at the top and ending with white at the bottom. The dark-blue field at the hoist contains a yellow crescent and a yellow fourteen-point star. The blue and yellow features sit over the striped field and make the flag readily identifiable.
- Fourteen-point star and fourteen stripes: They represent unity among Malaysia’s 13 states and the federal government.
- Crescent: The crescent represents Islam as the country’s official religion.
- Dark-blue field: The National Archives describes the dark blue as representing unity among Malaysia’s multi-ethnic people.
History and adoption
After the Federation of Malaya was formed in 1948, a special committee established that May organised a national flag-design competition. It received 373 designs in November 1949, and Mohamed bin Hamzah’s design was selected after revisions. On 16 September 1963, the flag changed from eleven to fourteen stripes and star points; the fourteen were retained after Singapore separated from Malaysia in 1965.
How to recognise this flag
- Count fourteen alternating stripes: red begins at the top and white ends at the bottom.
- Check for a dark-blue hoist field with both a yellow crescent and a fourteen-point yellow star.
Malaysia flag quiz context
On Name The Flag, the Malaysia flag is currently grouped as easy difficulty for quiz progression.
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