The flag of Tonga is a red field with a white section in the upper left corner with a red couped cross.

 

Tonga's flag width-to-length proportion is 1 to 2.

 

Tonga is a predominantly Christian country. This was achieved with the appearance of the British when Captain James Cook originally arrived in 1773 then made 2 extra visits until 1777. After this, British Wesleyan Methodist arrived in Tonga and started to convert the Tongans to Christianity. It was uniquely in 1831 that they converted the chief Taufa'ahau Tupou, who, in 1845, would then become King George Tupou I.

 

Around this time during the 1840s, the Tonga flag was first introduced and adopted. The new King wished to design a new flag of Tonga, for the most part one that would represent Christianity. He worked with Shirley Waldemar Baker who was a member of the UK's Tongan mission to create a new flag. This, just as a new emblem and national anthem for Tonga.

 

Shirley Waldemar Baker would later become the Prime Minister of Tonga.

 

Just as the national flag of Tonga, Tonga likewise has different flags for its military, naval force, and a regal norm for its sovereign.

 

Symbolism of the Tonga Flag

 

The symbolism of the flag of Tonga carries cultural, political, and regional meanings.

 

Tonga is 97% Christian. The red cross of the flag of Tonga alludes to Christianity.

 

The white of the flag of Tonga symbolizes immaculateness.

 

The red of the Tonga flag represents the torturous killing and the sacrifice of the blood of Christ.

 

What does the flag mean?

 

Well, as mentioned, the cross represents Christianity, the white represents immaculateness, and the red the blood of Jesus.

 

The Tongan flag looks really recognizable have I seen it before?

 

The flag of Tonga bears more than a passing resemblance to that of the International Red Cross. Indeed, the first flag looked so like the Red Cross one (which was made in 1863) that current transformation was adopted.

 

The current flag likewise looks a piece that of Switzerland and Georgia.

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