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There have been Chin National Front flag which is similar to the flag of Israel and CNC flag like Sweden or Norway flag with the Cross shape on it. But they are for their respective organization flags and cannot be Chin State flag though they can put up as the proposed Chin State or Chinland flag. We know all that even football team and other small organizations have their own flags. CNF and CNC should have the flags of their respective organizations.
There may be several proposals on it and the one below is produced as one of them after carefully studying the cultural nature of the Chin people and about the general idea of flags around the world in reference to the world book Encyclopedia The presentation is to be made in five parts. Part I The proposed Chinland flag is fitting with the universal principle ideal of a national flag.
*1. According to the World Book Encyclopedia on flags, the general idea of a nation's flag is a stirring sight as it flies in the wind. The flag is to inspire nationalism with its national idea. Its bright color and its striking design stand for the country's land, its people, its government, and its ideals. A country flag can stir people to joy, to courage, and to sacrifice. Special rules for display and care have grown up around people's wish to honor their nation's flag. To fulfill this general idea, this proposed Chinland flag is in full bright colors filled with the Chin national ideal to show how we put their value in our tradition and in our religion as we express about it in its legend and in this paper. The Chin people could be proud of their national ideal in blue color for peace, red color for bravery and yellow color for our sense of loyalty, perseverance industriousness and solemnity *2. Flag colors: - Most national flags use one or more of only seven basic colors. These colors are red, white, blue, green, yellow, black and orange.Thus in the general idea of flags, most national flags use one or more of only seven basic colors. Here in the proposed Chinland flag, we have blue, red, yellow and white out of the original seven colors in the rainbow. *3. The principle number one of the general Idea of modern flag is: it should be a piece of cloth usually with a picture or design on it that stands for something. To fulfill this flag idea: (1) The proposed Chinland flag has a design of three triangles in a rectangle shape. Out of the three triangles, the middle triangle in blue color is flanked by a red triangle on the upper side and by the yellow triangle in the lower side. A white sparkling star is in the blue star. (b). The star stands for the Chinland or Chin State and the Chin people. (2). The proposed Chin national flag Uniqueness is: (a) The flag shape is not similar to any flag the country around the world we know. (b) It is very easy and adoptable to create or produce anywhere, which is very important for any national flag. That is why many countries' flags around the world are mostly made very simple. [Hornbill bird is traditionally valued very much by the Chin people. It has been therefore used as our Chin national emblem like US use Eagle as their national emblem apart from their flag. The hornbill emblem should no longer need be shown in the Chinlandflag as it has been used as our enational emblem and trade mark.] *4. It (the flag) may symbolize a belief or idea; or it may transmit (1) The colors in the proposed flag is to express the Chin people's ideal of peace; bravery; in loyalty perseverance and industriousness, which have been adopted since the earlier educated Chin University students 1946-1969. So to express those ideal there are three triangles. Blue triangle is, for peace, Red triangle for bravery, and yellow triangle for loyalty, perseverance and industriousness as they have been adopted by the Chin University students since 1950s
These three sides of relatives in our family circle count most in our tradition as our fundamental relatives when one is in trouble. Any of the three side relatives are fundamentally most responsible with deep and profound love when one of the kin in the family circle become orphanage or is in trouble. Thus the message our national flag sent would be the deep and profound love we have on each other in our family circle and friends, which can be fundamentally most important to our children whenever they learn about our national or state flag in the generations to come. The other one is the three corners of the triangle could represent also the Chins traditionally usage of three stones as ovens in cooking at our traditional fireplace. This will also remind us our cultural roots. More over when we grow seeds of any crops, we buried them in the ground in triagle shape. Those Chins youths who grow up after Christian era are to learn here that it was our cultural root that could unite us as one (3). The white star is to represents the Chins as one of the four major nationalities to sign the Panglong Agreement as a significant people being recognized internationally in the constitution of the Union of Burma 1947. This is vitally important for the Coming Chin generations to connect the existence of the Chin people and their territory without any break of the Chin history up to the modern time. If we want to show our Chinland as a Christian State in the flag, we can make the star in Christian Cross shape. But to show religion in the flag is not a good idea for the Chin people as there are minority non-Christian people in our State. *5. In the general idea of flag, the number of stars on a nation's flag may show how many states are united in the country. The Union of Burma flag in the 1947 Union constitution had been made on the basis of the different territories of the eight major nationalities, which were parties to the Panglong Agreement =============================================== Part II Why we choose the particular features mentioned here for the Chinland flag: Since the flags are to be very descriptive with good reasons, we have thought of what kind of ideal and identity should our national flag be most agreeable to represent the Chin people, the Chinland and us. When we think of Chin national ideal and identity, we could find it clearly in the record of the earliest educated University Chin students Organization using a great hornbill perching in a triangle bounded by blue, red and yellow on each of the three sides of the triangle. It was the logo that expressed the identity and ideal of the Chin people since they found out in 1946-49 to the late 1963-1969. The Chin University students then were all the Chin people who were educated first among the Chin people. Most of them have now been grand fathers as the fore fathers for the Chin people of this 21st century. So we have to give attention our forefather's wisdom in those days. The time they designed and used the logo was from round about 1946 to 1963-1969 the last being shown in the University Chin Literature and Culture Sub Committee 1968-69 Magazine. Those students who made it for the University Chin students Union Logo came from all parts of the Chin State, North, South, East, and West. So they agreed to have it as our Chin national logo. The University Students in those days whose name we remember were student Dr.Vung Suan not VumSon, (From Tedim), Lt. Col. Khai Mun Mang (Tedim), Pu Lian Kim (Falam) later Session Judge, Pu Za Hoe (Haka), later Deputy Commissioner, Pu Khua Hat., later District Social Officer. In their next batches were like students from the south Pu Ki Ling(Mindat), later District Education Officer, Major Mang Kin Ki (Mindat), Other students who later adopted the Hornbill perching in a triangle logo were U Aung Tin (Paletwa) later Township Education officer, Ko Tin Aung B.E.(Civil) Kanpetlet, Pu Hnal Tang B.E, (Civil)(Matupi), Pu Za Kho B.E (Civil) (Matupi), in the 1963- 69 batches when Chin Students Magazine 1968-69 was published with the Hornbill perching in a Triangle. The Chin State Council has adopted hornbill as the Chin State emblem in 1974 as the Chin university students initiated it in the past. We all agreed with it now. The reason is the early University Chin students adopted it according to the ideal based on our tradition . Since we all agreed their logo in Hornbill, the flag that is based on their logo and on the authentic Chin history, on the Chin traditional ideal could be most acceptable to all the Chin public every where. So this flag is being submitted to the CFMB who mostly are once University Chin student's leaders who are at present most responsible to draft the initiative Chin State constitution, the draft of which, has been issued up to the fifth draft. Many of our forefathers who founded our national ideal in their University Chin student's organization logo have left us now to the other world. So it is for us, this generation , to continue on the responsibility to work out the task they left behind. Most of the University Chin Students generation in 1963-1966 would ever see the University Hill Chin students Union Logo. We hope that the sample flag in the attachment will be most acceptable by all. Part III The way the flag proposed here could be made or produce also is very simple: (1). Draw a rectangle length and breadth 5'X 3' or 3:5 or 9:5 dimensions (2). Mark a point at the middle right side of the rectangle. (3). Draw one line diagonally from the point to the upper left side corner of the rectangle. (4). From the same point draw a line diagonally to the left side lower corner of the rectangle creating three triangles automatically. (5). Size the rectangle so that it has proportional good look dimensions in artist's eyes. (6). Put a star at the appropriate center of the central triangle in proportional to the triangle and to the whole rectangle. (7). Color the Central triangle in blue all to its full all round the star leaving the white star as white un-touched. ( 8). Then color the upper triangle with red in full. Color the lower triangle in yellow in full. (9). The view: The blue triangle is pointed at its end on the right side of the rectangle. But the upper red triangle and the lower yellow triangle are large on the right side of the rectangle or the flag and both are pointed on the left side of the flag. It means that the blue triangle is a space to work in freedom peacefully as it is well defended on the border where red triangle and yellow triangle are wide showing that great work and defense is well kept at the border. Part IV Interpretation of the flag in the attachment in more detail. The one that is being proposed in the attachment here is a flag in rectangle the length and breadth of 5' X 3' or 5:3 or 9:5 or any dimension in such proportion to be the universal international size of the flag size. There are formed three triangles automatically by drawing one line diagonally from the middle point of the right side of the rectangle to the left upper corner of the rectangle and one line from the same point diagonally to the lower left corner of the rectangle. It will be seen as one triangle in blue color is flanked by a triangle in red on upper side of the blue triangle and another triangle on the lower side in yellow color flanks the blue triangle. There will be one white star in the appropriate place in the center of the blue triangle . The red triangle and the yellow triangle to flank on that two sides of the blue triangle indicate to guard the twinkling star in the center of the blue triangle in bravery and perseverance industriously and fraternally in loyalty to keep the blue area in peace and tranquility. The reason the twinkling star there in the flag is taken to show the distinct cultural identity of the Chin people and their territory as one of the constituent units to sign the Panglong Agreement. As a matter of fact, the British Governor General in Council which ruled then both India and Burma adopted the law known as the Chin Hills Regulation 1896 on the basis of the peace agreement made between the invading British forces and the rulers of the Chin territory . According to the law in which the peace agreement was adopted, the Chin rulers were to rule their respective areas or principalities in their rank and file of the status quo as they ruled before the annexation provided that the Chin rulers gave tribute to the British to recognize the supremacy of the British over the Chin rulers. The Chin territory on Burma side was thus ruled with that separate law , the Chin Hills Regulation 1896 outside the Burmese provincial government till Independence of India and Burma. It was for that reason that the representatives of the Chin territory were invited to Panglong agreement, because the British occupied the Chin territory as an independent territory outside even Burma provincial government after the British Governor in Rangoon ruled the Chin territory in British Burma. So the star in the Chin State flag is to show that the distinct identity of the Chin people with their definite territory has been internationally recognized as a party to the Panglong Agreement in since 1947. This is regarded to be vitally important for the Chin territory in the brief history of the existence of the Chin State as one generation to another like tracing the ancestry of a person from where he/she came into being. The trend how that history is to trace is: The Chin territory was discovered as an independent territory out side India and Burma when the two countries were annexed in 1760 and 1885 respectively. The British invaded the Chin territory as the Chin native rulers refused to let the British to construct land route through their territory to connect the British India and British Burma. The British made agreement that the chieftains or land owners who ruled the Chin territory then should keep on ruling their respective areas and the only thing they should do was only giving annual tribute to the British to recognize the supremacy of the British over the Chin rulers. The British occupied Chin territory was divided into several districts, some to be ruled separately from India and Burma, some by Governors in India nearer to it and some from the governor from Burma with the Chin Hills Regulation 1896 though it was planned originally to be made it as a province like Burma, Assam and Bengal. The plan was dropped due to the break of communication in the long rainy season made by Tio and Kaladan rivers which joined each other in opposite direction from north and south and flow to the west and south after they join together till today. The British once again planned to carve out the Chin territory in which the Chin Hills Regulation 1896 was enforced as a province paving the way for total freedom under the Crown Colony Scheme. Bur the offer was not taken by most enlightened leaders who should lead the whole political affairs of the territory at that time for miscalculation of the outcome of the Crown Colony Scheme.. Mr. A. Z. Phizo was said to have stated that it was very wrong not to take that offer. The territory that was ruled from Burma side with the Chin Hills Regulation 1896 later on was ruled by the British as one of the territories of the Burma Frontier Areas(BFA) through the native Chin rulers outside India and Burma provincial governments. When Burma was to get independence, British was to give the BFA the UN Trusteeship system so that the UN would give them independence when they are deemed to have self-governing territory if it thought that the BFA territories were not mature enough to be self-governing territories. Since General Aung San delegation to London mentioned to the British that Independent Burma was most qualified to be the Trust country of the BFA if the British is to give the areas to the UN Trusteeship. General Aung San and the British made an Agreement to hold a special conference at Panglong to ask the desire of the leaders of the Burma Frontier Areas about the future of their territory. So the Chin leaders who were the representatives of the Chiefs who ruled the territory in many principalities as their subjects thus signed the Palong agreement as one of the constituent unit in the Agreement. So a star in the flag of the UB 1947 represented the Chin territory. It is this important historical star that tells the successive political status of the Chin people and their territory as self-governing territory throughout its history till the Panglong agreement. The blue color in the first triangle is to show the Chin people love for peace, the whiteness of the twinkling star in the appropriate center of the blue triangle is to show the Chin people love of purity, holiness and solemnity. The second red triangle is to show the bravery of the Chin people that was even shown by the British in awarding Victoria Cross (VC) to one of the British soldiers for his extraordinary bravery in fighting in the battle against the fiercely enemy which was the Chins resistant forces who were fighting bravely against the invading British forces since 1888. After along years of that battle, there was the Aung San Thuriya medal awarded to Captain Thaicon from the First Chin Rifle Battalion with other Chin Battalions in defending the Panglong Agreement and the Union of Burma successfully to restore the constitutional government on the brink of the Union falling into the multi-insurgencies in chaos in 1949. The star twinkling at night is in Chin tradition a sign of something comparable to something out standing and fame. The third Triangle in yellow coloris to show the loyalty, industriousness, and the perseverance of the Chin people toiling hard in their daily life on their hilly topographical land to preserve their distinct identity in the similar belief they all have in their native religion since time immemorial in fraternity for centuries throughout their long history till today. The reason the flag has triangle shape inside it is to show the Chin people put so much value in awareness of their traditional society composition in three sources of love and fraternity. The first corner side of the three dimensions of the triangle is to show the Chin traditional sense of fraternal brotherhood on all the father side of the same clan and friends and companions' side to be a group of brothers like in blood relationship. The relationship in friendship and companionship like in brotherhood is recognized traditionally even in the Chin Special Division Act 1948 and the Chin Hills Regulation 1896 as clans and thwe tauh-suh in Burmese. These friends and companionship or comradeship as twetauhsuh in Burmese can inherit each other like it is done among the sibling brothers among the Chin people in the south as well as in the north to some extent in loyalty to one's friends. The 2nd side of the triangle is to show the Chins people traditional sense of love on paternal side aunts and sisters , which get married to other sides as another source of blood relation . The third side of triangle is to show the love on the side of mothers' brothers and sister's side to give respect in our society as one group of blood relation. So readers are here requested to ponder first for a while the three sides of your individual relatives and you will see how dearly we should keep this love we have among the Chin society which our state flag is to stand for. The Chin people's concept and ideal in tradition is that the love so deep and so profound they have on each other among the family circles of their society can not be found in other peoples' society except among the Chin society. The sense of fraternal brotherhood the Chin people individually have in their traditional society through the same ancestry and through the relationship between individuals in intermarrying among families connect all the Chin people, binding them together so strongly as truly one people in being oneness when such fraternal sense is expanded in collective sense. This fraternal deep and profound love in the Chin traditional society should be constantly seen and maintained on the interpretation of our national and state flag through which we can constantly keep this love by teaching our children as theyare taught about the Chinland flag on and on in the coming generations to consolidate our national unity and oneness. The flag to our Ideal is to represent our Chin National identity at least its fundamental back ground which are the facts we mention all above that express the basic feature of our national ideal and identity. That ideal and identity should have to base on how our early Chin predecessors have reflected to express it also. The succeeding Chin University student's organization as the first earliest Chin educated people and as the forerunner to reflect our modern Chin national identity had expressed in their university Chin students organization logo of a hornbill perching in a triangle. One side of the triangle is made blue to indicate the Chin people love for peace. The other side is made red to show for the bravery, which the Chin people so admired and the other remaining side is made yellow to show the Chin love of perseverance loyalty and industriousness. Yellow is of course also shown in general sense as the color of the Public Work Department (PWD) that deals with physical hard work and engineering. The hornbill is a traditional bird that is regarded to be in loyalty to each other as Chin people are traditionally in so loyalty to their decision. [This loyalty to their decision makes some times a bad effect when they cannot make flexible thinking. For example, during the election they will not stop supporting one candidate though they do not find in him/her later any credibility on the candidate for the only reason that they have promised to vote him in the beginning]. The shape of triangle in three corners also is denoted for the three blood relationships the Chin culturally count indivisible in all the Chin societies . Such relations they counted in three corner sides are one in our clans, in our companionship and friendship in one direction as a fraternal brotherhood relation, our mother side which are related as Pu or pu-te in our society and our paternal side aunts and sisters who get married to other sides as our blood relation. On the other side it shows the Chin traditional way of making three stones as oven for cooking at the home fire place. This same cultural roots everywhere shows our oneness in common tradition to unite us today. Hornbill has been adopted as the Chin national emblem from the expression they reflect about the Chin National identity. The idea of the triangle they had designed is now also supporting in the proposed flag of the Chin State as it is considered an already acceptable ideal in our past tradition. So the proposed flag, which is a stirring sight as it, flies in the wind. It is to inspire Chin nationalism with its national ideal. Its bright color and its striking design stand for the Chin country's land, its people, its government, and its ideals. It can stir the Chin people to joy, to courage, and to sacrifice. Special rules for display and care is to be made according to the Chin people wish to honor this national flag of ours. Part V Gradual Development of the idea of flag in general in its history for Reference: The first "flags" consisted of Symbols attached to the top of poles. Such flag like objects appear in Egyptian art of the mid. 3000 BC. Cloth flags were probably first used in China about 3000 BC. These flags were made of silk. Knights in the middle ages carried square flags with a steamer called an schwenkel. A knight's promotion to higher rank was symbolized by having the Schwenkel cut off. The resulting flag was called a banner and the knight became a knight banneret. National flags are among the recent kinds of flags. They first came into use during the 1700 's in Europe and North America.. Until then most flags stood for the personal authority of rulers. Flags at sea. Before the days of radio, a complicated system of flag design and display grew up around the need for communication at sea. Flag codes enable the sending of the messages between ships or from a ship to shore. A ship would salute another vessel by dipping or lowering, its flag. Such salutes played a major role in international diplomacy. Flag colors:- Most national flags use one or more of only seven basic colors. These colors are Flag symbols often reflect historical events. The cross that appears in many European flags originated in the flags carried by Crusaders to the holy land. Some flags used in Arab nations show the eagle of Saladin, a Muslim warrior who fought the Crusaders in the 1100's.. Burning is considered the most dignified way to destroy a flag that is no longer fit for display. But burning a usable flag often signifies political protest. Flag in modern time: Flag in modern time is a piece of cloth usually with a picture or design on it that stands for something. A flag may represent, a nation, person, or organization; it may symbolize a belief or idea; or it may transmit information. The most important group of flags is probably national flags. A nation's flag is a stirring sight as it flies in the wind. Its bright color and its striking design stand for the country's land, its people, its government, and its ideals. A country flag can stir people to joy, to courage, and to sacrifice. Special rules for display and care have grown up around people's wish to honor their nation's flag. Flags represent States, and cities. Other organizational flags include those youth groups, like the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts and hobby societies. Many religions and churches have their own flags. Flags also may be used to send messages. The symbols, which might include cloth, wood, metal, and other materials, usually for the people's gods or rulers. Soldiers carried the symbols into battle, hoping that their gods would help them win. Flag became important during the battles for a variety of reasons. Soldiers of the Egyptian and other ancient peoples sometimes tied steamers to the poles they carried. The steamers - like later cloth flags- showed which way the wind blew, and helped soldiers see the direction to aim their arrows. Flag stood for each side in a battle, and generals watched them to see where their soldiers were. Fighting often centered on the flag and defending the flag was regarded as the chief duty of a soldier. If the soldier carrying the flag was killed or wounded , others would "rally round the flag" to prevent the enemy from capturing it. If the flag was captured many soldiers would give up the fight. The symbol used in flags may go back thousands of years. The ancient symbol of the Shield of David an ancient Jews popularly known as the "Star of David" appears on the flag of Israel. The cross, a symbol of Christianity , is displayed on the flags of many Christian nations. The crescent and star in the flags of many Muslims countries are symbol of peace and life. Stars on flags often stand for unity. The number of stars on a nations' flag may show how many states are united in the country. 
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No party or individual can declare Chinland or Chin
Since the flags are to be very descriptive with good reasons, we are to think of what kind of ideal and feature for the Chinland flag should be most agreeable to represent the Chin people, the Chinland or Chin State. 
(2). The shape of triangle is to show how the Chin people everywhere put the value of family deep and profound love as the foundation on which the Chin society is based on three sides of blood relations namely:
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... This is my first time reading about "Triangle" being simbled as "Profond Love"(Part I, *4 (2))! A good try. Go on. |
