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image by Jens Pattke, 25 December 2008
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Choiseul Province is one of the nine provinces of the Solomon Islands. It
lies between the island of Bougainville (part of Papua New Guinea) and Santa
Isabel in the west of the Solomon Islands. It consists mainly of Choiseul Island
with an area of 3 294 kmē and further includes three small surrounding islands:
Taro Island (100 kmē), Vaghena (243 kmē) and Rob Roy (200 kmē). It has a
population of 20,008 (1999). The capital is Taro, on Taro Island.
The
flag has horizontal stripes of different widths. The stripes symbolize :
-
blue = Pacific
- yellow = Land of Choiseul Island
- green = flora and
vegetation .
- red = fauna
- black = Melanesian people
The white
stars represent the church districts (parish): North West, North East, Upper
South Choiseul and South Choiseul. In the center is a white circle with a black
Kuvojo (or Kukuvojo). The Kuvojo is the Choiseul Crested Pigeon (Microgoura
meeki), a presumably extinct pigeon which was only known on the Solomon
island of Choiseul in the Pacific.
Jens Pattke, 25 December 2008
Based on
http://www.mpgis.gov.sb/index.php/resources/category/1-pgsp-newsletters
there's some kind of "decoration" on the ring surrounding the bird which is
facing the fly not the hoist. The ring on the flag used in the parade shown at
http://www.sportingpulse.com/gallery.cgi?g=2452&e=3511&et=1&c=1-3511-0-0-0
obviously is plain but the bird indeed seems to face the fly.
Paraskevas
Renesis, 13 February 2013
I guess at some point the people of Choiseul Province (Lauru) must decide
which side of the flag the bird is "looking" at! In Jan. 2023 the new provincial
government is taking office. The flag above their heads has the bird facing the
hoist and inside a ring of stars:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221059611394614&set=pcb.7578228308858492
In Feb. 2023 the flag hoisted for the province's 2nd appointed day has the
bird facing the fly and inside a ring with decorative motifs:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=165137752953008&set=pcb.165138319619618
The same flag was carried by the province's team in the Solomon Games
2023 in March/April:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=132496483113371&set=pb.100090590583412.-2207520000
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=132496396446713&set=pb.100090590583412.-2207520000
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=791185992540569&set=pcb.791186959207139
Although the flag hanging above the podium in the Games is the first one
with the ring of stars:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=698145412315326&set=pcb.698146795648521
P.Renesis, 9 November 2023