Horloge Ronde jamaïque

Flag of Jamaica. The flag of Jamaica, adopted on August 6, 1962, the original Jamaican Independence Day, the country having gained independence from the British-protected Federation of the West Indies. The flag ts of a gold saltire, which divides the flag into four sections: two of them green (top and bottom) and two black (hoist and fly). The present design emerged from those présente in the public in a national competition. C'est ce qui est original designed with horizontal stripes, but this was considered too similar to the Tanganyikan flag, et so the saltire ce qui substituted. Black, green, and gold are pan-african colors. Sur la Earlier interprétation des colors quoi, "hardships there are the land is green and the sun shineth": gold recalls the shining sun, black reflects hardships, et green represents the land. However, that change d to the colour black representing the strength and creativity of the people which has allowed them to overcome the odds, yellow for the golden sunshine and green for the lush vegetation of the Island.