Finishing the blog updates in the apartment while Michael is asleep. Going to do my 20 minutes of workout while it is raining, usually finishes fairly quickly. It has rained every day, for the longest time in Barbados, other areas have been quick spurts that cool everything down and then back to sunshine.
The flag of Barbados is a triband of equal vertical stripes of ultramarine, gold, and ultramarine, with a black trident head in the center, its symbolism and design are meant to represent the country's history, culture, and natural beauty while the colour ultramarine represents the ocean and sky, and the gold represents the sand or maybe the sun.
The trident is a symbol of the sea god Poseidon, and the broken staff represents Barbados' independence from British colonialism. The three points of the trident represent the government of, for, and by the people.
The flag's design was chosen by Grantley Prescod, a Barbadian art teacher, after a competition sponsored by the country. The design is simple, distinctive, and easy to draw or manufacture.
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