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Fractal thingy 598
It's the flag of Trindad and Tobago (with a darker red than normal) in fractal version. It is a manipulation. Originally it was just a red fractal full of swirls and the colours for the stipes were manipulated in photoshop.
I was very particular about getting the proportions right. In school we used to draw and colour the flag for art class. It wasn't thrilling and at the age of 8 we often made lots of mistakes (stripe the wrong way, mixing up the white and black, or too thick/thin)...l still, I'm glad I never had to draw an American flag with those 50 stars and 13 stripes.... It would have taken forever to colour.... Either way with Wikipedia's help I read that the portortions can be either 3:5 or 1:2 (this is 1:2) and the stripe is supposed to be one fifth the length of the flag, with each white stripe being 1/30 the length and the black one 2/15..... Easy enough.
The colour red represents the warmth and energy of the sun, the vitality of the land and the courage and friendliness of the people. Red is essentially the national color. If someone what's to reorient Trinidad they wear red. Also our national flower (the chaconia) and the national bird (the scarlet ibis) are both red. White represents the sea that separates the two islands from each other and the continent. Also it is the purity Of our aspirations and the equality of all men and women under the sun. The black represents the dedication of the people linked by one bond and their strength. It also represents the wealth of the land.
We always had these symbols drilled into us during social studies class, but I always loved it. I think it is important to know what their countries symbols mean.
Just some basic facts about Trinidad and Tobago
Population : 1.3 million
Area : 5128 km sq
Language : English
Ethnicity : 39% Indian (South Asian), 38.5% African, 20% Mixed (with various other races), 1.2% white. Minorities of Carib (natives of the region), Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian.
Religion : 29.6% Roman Catholic, 34.4% Protistant (including 8.9% Anglican, 8.2% Baptist, 7.8% Penticostal, 4.5% Seventh Day Adventist, and a few others), 25.6% Hindu, 6.6% Muslim, 1.8% Jehovah's Witness.
For the most part the different groups get along qute well. There are some families that don't like intermarriage between certain religions. But you don't hear about hate crimes occurring. Churches, temples and mosques can coexist. Also the government is interracial and multi religion. Our current Prime Mininster is an Indian, Hindu woman and the previous one was an African, Born Again Christian man. Cristian holidays like Christmas and Easter are celebrated. But the government also give public holidays for the Hindu festival Divali and the Muslim Eid ul Fitr.
Climate is warm all year round (highs of 35 Celsius during the day and lows of 20C at night) with lots of rain at all times(but mostly between June and December). Since was connected to Venezuela during the last ice age, it's biodiversity is more similar to that of South America than to the rest of the Caribbean.
Well today (August 1st) is a public holiday too. It's Emancipation Day, to celebrate the abolishing of slavery on August 1st 1834. And this year on August 31st will be the 50th year of independence from the British Empire (we are a baby country).
It's the flag of Trindad and Tobago (with a darker red than normal) in fractal version. It is a manipulation. Originally it was just a red fractal full of swirls and the colours for the stipes were manipulated in photoshop.
I was very particular about getting the proportions right. In school we used to draw and colour the flag for art class. It wasn't thrilling and at the age of 8 we often made lots of mistakes (stripe the wrong way, mixing up the white and black, or too thick/thin)...l still, I'm glad I never had to draw an American flag with those 50 stars and 13 stripes.... It would have taken forever to colour.... Either way with Wikipedia's help I read that the portortions can be either 3:5 or 1:2 (this is 1:2) and the stripe is supposed to be one fifth the length of the flag, with each white stripe being 1/30 the length and the black one 2/15..... Easy enough.
The colour red represents the warmth and energy of the sun, the vitality of the land and the courage and friendliness of the people. Red is essentially the national color. If someone what's to reorient Trinidad they wear red. Also our national flower (the chaconia) and the national bird (the scarlet ibis) are both red. White represents the sea that separates the two islands from each other and the continent. Also it is the purity Of our aspirations and the equality of all men and women under the sun. The black represents the dedication of the people linked by one bond and their strength. It also represents the wealth of the land.
We always had these symbols drilled into us during social studies class, but I always loved it. I think it is important to know what their countries symbols mean.
Just some basic facts about Trinidad and Tobago
Population : 1.3 million
Area : 5128 km sq
Language : English
Ethnicity : 39% Indian (South Asian), 38.5% African, 20% Mixed (with various other races), 1.2% white. Minorities of Carib (natives of the region), Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian.
Religion : 29.6% Roman Catholic, 34.4% Protistant (including 8.9% Anglican, 8.2% Baptist, 7.8% Penticostal, 4.5% Seventh Day Adventist, and a few others), 25.6% Hindu, 6.6% Muslim, 1.8% Jehovah's Witness.
For the most part the different groups get along qute well. There are some families that don't like intermarriage between certain religions. But you don't hear about hate crimes occurring. Churches, temples and mosques can coexist. Also the government is interracial and multi religion. Our current Prime Mininster is an Indian, Hindu woman and the previous one was an African, Born Again Christian man. Cristian holidays like Christmas and Easter are celebrated. But the government also give public holidays for the Hindu festival Divali and the Muslim Eid ul Fitr.
Climate is warm all year round (highs of 35 Celsius during the day and lows of 20C at night) with lots of rain at all times(but mostly between June and December). Since was connected to Venezuela during the last ice age, it's biodiversity is more similar to that of South America than to the rest of the Caribbean.
Well today (August 1st) is a public holiday too. It's Emancipation Day, to celebrate the abolishing of slavery on August 1st 1834. And this year on August 31st will be the 50th year of independence from the British Empire (we are a baby country).
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Cool! Usually I'm not a huge fan of swirls, but in this case it gives a firework-illusion, and fireworks are always a great thing to go along with a country's flag.
I really like the the sound of Trinidad and Tobago. I wish in the U.S. there was wider recognition of Holidays existing in other religions, that way maybe our government would stop pushing for secularization so much (like how we aren't supposed to have nativity scenes on public ground during Christmas time, but I think if we celebrated other Holidays and other religions would be allowed to display their celebratory symbols on public ground for their Holidays, then this ridiculous dispute might finally end). Also I'd like to be able to celebrate other religious Holidays, it gives a reason to celebrate something that's important to other people, and brings different religions closer together.
For such a young country, it seems to be very comfortable with its people and identity. It really sounds amazing with how well everyone gets along with such diversity, and how even though it's primarily Christian it doesn't seem to decrease the chance of a public official being elected who isn't Christian, which demonstrates the lack of bias.
However, I don't think I could take the heat. @_@ I absolutely can't stand high temperatures.
I really like the the sound of Trinidad and Tobago. I wish in the U.S. there was wider recognition of Holidays existing in other religions, that way maybe our government would stop pushing for secularization so much (like how we aren't supposed to have nativity scenes on public ground during Christmas time, but I think if we celebrated other Holidays and other religions would be allowed to display their celebratory symbols on public ground for their Holidays, then this ridiculous dispute might finally end). Also I'd like to be able to celebrate other religious Holidays, it gives a reason to celebrate something that's important to other people, and brings different religions closer together.
For such a young country, it seems to be very comfortable with its people and identity. It really sounds amazing with how well everyone gets along with such diversity, and how even though it's primarily Christian it doesn't seem to decrease the chance of a public official being elected who isn't Christian, which demonstrates the lack of bias.
However, I don't think I could take the heat. @_@ I absolutely can't stand high temperatures.