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Significado de la Bandera

The flag of Barbados was designed by Grantley W. Prescod and was officially adopted to represent Barbados at midnight on 30 November 1966, the day the country gained independence. Prescod and was officially adopted to represent Barbados at midnight on 30 November 1966, the day the country gained independence. The flag is a triband design, with the outermost stripes coloured ultramarine, to represent the sea and the sky, and the middle stripe coloured gold, to represent the sand. This trident is meant to represent the trident of Poseidon, most visibly held by Britannia in Barbados' colonial coat-of-arms.

Historia de la Bandera

1. 1833
   After some time as a British colony, Barbados became part of the British Windward Islands in 1833, with the Union Jack as its official flag.
2. 1966–presente
   

   Bandera actual, en uso desde 1966.

Curiosidades

The flag of Barbados is also known as The Broken Trident.

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