From the Peace Corps Moldova book "A Glance at Moldova: Cross Cultural Handbook" (2006): "The state flag of the Republic of Moldova is a tricolor. The colors are arranged vertically in the following order: blue, yellow, red. The coat of arms is printed on the central yellow stripe of the tricolor. Blue represents the sky and peace. Yellow represents the sun and wheat. Red represents the blood of those who died for this land. Moldova's coat of arms consists of a shield divided horizontally into two parts. The upper part is red and the lower one is blue with an auroch's head that has between its horns an eight-pointed star. On its right, the auroch's head is flanked by a five-petal rose and on its left, by a slightly inclined crescent. All heraldic elements on the shield are gold. The shield is laid on the breast of an eagle carrying in its beak a golden cross. In its right claw, the eagle holds a green olive branch and in its left claw a gold scepter. The Eagle represents progress. The Cross represents Christianity. The Laurel represents eternal victory. The Scepter represents strength. The Shield is a symbol of defense for the nation. The Blue Head is an historical symbol representing the continuance of Moldova as a nation. The Star represents purity. The Moon and the Sun represent eternity." You can get all kinds of stuff with the flag on it, though I find that people wear the flag far less than I observed in the US. This past August, the mayor of a town I was volunteering in gave my peers and me Moldovan flag hats and little flags to wave. My American friends and I wore these and waved them at an Independence Day event and were, in my observation, the only ones wearing or waving a flag. #awkward That said, you can see in this video I made from my experience at the previous year's Independence Day activities that the colors of the flag do play a central role in the celebration.
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Rebecca LehmanHealth Education volunteer serving at Boris Dînga Middle & High School in Criuleni, Moldova. Archives
May 2017
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