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![[Ngchesar flag]](../images/p/pw-ngche.gif)
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by Ian MacDonald, 15 November 2011See also:
The current state flag of Ngchesar has six stars surrounding a bird,
which is facing the hoist, on a green background. An earlier version of
the flag had the bird facing the fly end of the flag on a blue-green background.
Jaume Ollé, 21 January 1997
According to
http://pacificdigitallibrary.org, green represents the lush tropical jungle
of Ngchesar. The bird is the "ochaio", the Ngchesar State bird. The six stars
represent the six traditional hamlets, now called counties, that is, Ngersuul,
Ngerngesang, Ngerwikl, Ngerkesou, Ngchesar and Ngeraus.
“Ochaio,” the
state’s spirit god comes in the form of both the hawk-face spotted stingray and
the Audubon's shearwater bird. Even today, the fish and the bird should not be
caught or injured by anyone with blood relations to the people of this state as
it is believed that doing so will result in disastrous consequences. (
http://www.jerometemengil.com/states.php ). The Audubon's shearwater is
Puffinius lherminieri Lesson, 1839.
Ivan Sache, 30 October 2011
![[first Ngchesar flag]](../images/p/pw-ngch1.gif)
image by Jaume Ollé, 21 January 1997
The first flag of Ngchesar was a blue-green flag, with six stars surrounding the bird in the center of the flag. The bird was facing the fly end of the flag. In the current flag, the bird is facing the hoist of the flag and the background color is green.
Jaume Ollé, 21 January 1997
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