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by Valentin Poposki, 31 December 2022
The stars are not randomly distributed. The 5 stars on the left are the
Southern Cross. In traditional Marshallese navigation, that constellation is
known as "Triggerfish of Ebon" and is the marker that navigators follow when
sailing to Ebon from the northern atolls. The two stars on the right are strange
because they do not fit in that spot in reality. They could represent alpha and
beta Centauri, which in English are known as The Pointers and are not far from
the Southern Cross (though not in the spot shown on the flag). I will ask the
mayor and traditional leader about this. The reason the smallest star has only 5
prongs is that it also stands for the ship called "Morning Star", which brought
the first Christian missionaries to the island in 1857. The two stripes
represent the two main regions of the atoll (windward and leeward). The red
color represents the colors of the dawn and sunset, which are associated with a
legendary female figure from this atoll.
Danko Taborosi, 12 April
2018
Here is the date of unveiling of the Ebon Atoll Local Government flag. It
is not unofficial as Wikipedia says:
27 December 2015: Iroj Mike Kabua
presented his award winning flag design for Ebon tonight to Ebon Mayor Ione
deBrum and Ebon Senator John Silk. The design incorporates the Southern Cross
constellation and is inspired by Marshallese folklore.
https://www.facebook.com/usembassymajuro
Valentin Poposki, 31
December 2022
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