Vanda Miss Joaquim, National flower of Singapore
Significance
On April 15, 1981the Minister of Culture, S. Dahnabalan, announced that Vanda Miss Joaquim was chosen as Singapore's national flower among 40 other flowers. Vanda Miss Joaquim was able to bloom throughout the whole year and this ability of Vanda Miss Joquim reflects Singapore's quest for continuous progress and exellence. Also, Vanda Miss Joquim's natural resilience also reflects the determination of all Singaporeans to stay strong even in times of difficulty.
Significance
The National Flag of Singapore consists of two equal horizontal sections, red above white. The red section in the flag symbolises universal brotherhood and equality of men and the white section symbolises purity and virtue.There is a white cresent moon with 5 stars in the top left canton is a white crescent moon. The crescent moon represents a young nation on the ascendant and the five stars stand for the nation's ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality.
Significance
The lion head symbolises courage, strength and excellence, as well as resilience when facing challenges. The The symbol usese the colours of the national flag with the lion head being solid red against a white background. Its mane's five partings represent the nation's five ideals that the five stars of the national flag also symbolises, namely democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality. Its tenacious mane symbolises the nation's single-minded resolve to rise to any challenges and overcome any obstacles.
2 comments:
Interesting! After reading your post about our national symbols, I learnt facts that I never knew before, like when and who chose Vanda Miss Joaquim to become Singapore's national symbol! Also, I didn't know that the Merlion's tenacious mane symbolises the nation's single-minded resolve to rise to any challenges and overcome any obstacles, till I read your post about it! Good job and a lot of research done! :D
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This is a rather detailed post on the national symbols, and I have certainly benefited from reading it. Well done!
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