Hey everybody! Welcome back to flag/fan Friday. Hope you liked the Mozambique episode.
So as you know
this is the part where I either talk about the things that didn't quite make it into the video or the mistakes
I made. First of all at this timestamp (6:21), I accidentally used the Zimbabwe flag instead of Mozambique's.
Sorry, but I mean in my defense they do kind of follow the same configuration with the triangle and the colors and yeah
it's a little confusing. One thing I should have added and a lot of you people mentioned this. In the famous people section,
I could have mentioned Eusebio (this guy). He's like one of the most famous football/soccer players of all time
I don't know,
I just kind of follow what you guys tell me and I'm surprised none of you Mozambican geograpeeps mentioned that guy in your
list. So, your fault.now they do share Lake Malawi
But they actually call it Lake NASA and speaking of which we did mention the NASA Nature Reserve
However, I didn't talk too much about it. It actually has some really cool looking landscape with these rocky mountains and cliffs
I didn't hit on one of the bad things that Mozambique is one of the most heavily hit hiv-infected countries in the world
I think it's at like number eight and finally I didn't really get to talk too much about the Civil War
basically
It was fought between the Marxist Leninist
Frelimo party versus the resistance Renamo party also like Zimbabwe and South Africa got involved in that kind of expedited the process
But the weird question is how did Frelimo become a communist allied party?
We kind of explained this in the Angola episode but in a nutshell
During Cold War years pretty much the entire world either allied with the Western Allies or the USSR right after
Independence the USSR just kind of jumped in on Angola and Mozambique
And in short that's kind of why their flags kind of imitate the hammer and sickle image. Well, yeah, that's just about it
I'm pretty sure there's other things I could have mentioned but
If you know anything leave it in the comments in the meantime, we got to move on. So without further ado...
[Flag Friday Theme Song}
Mozambique quite unique let's go seek
Information on the flag the flag is made up of three horizontal
fans and little white fimbriae ssin lines dividing them with a red triangle on the left high side with the emblem on it the green
stands for the riches of the land and agriculture the black represents the African continent and people the yellow symbolizes the country's minerals whereas the
White fembra ation lines signify peace in the red triangle lies four images a bayonetted
Ak-47 assault rifle which stands for the defense and vigilance of the country
by the way
This makes Mozambique one of the only three trees to have a firearm on their flag the others being Guatemala and Haiti
Otherwise the gardening ho crossing the ak-47 represents the country's agriculture the open-book stands for the importance of education
Whereas the star symbolizes the Marxist ideology and internationalism. Oh, yeah and the red on the flag stands for the struggle for independence
Which could also stand for?
Freedom teachers now available at geography now calm keep in mind prior to this flag
They had quite a few other flags in the past for one month. They used this one for eight years
They use this one for one year after independence
They used this one
Which is basically the same as the current one
Except minus the emblem and prior to that
They were under the Portuguese as Portuguese Mozambique and Portuguese East Africa and that brings us to the national emblem
The national emblem is the exact same image as the one on the flag
But with a few extra pieces the book gun and whole lie on a map of Mozambique on the Indian Ocean
Placed ahead a red Sun symbolizing the building of a new life all contained within a cogwheel
representing Labor and Industry on the sides lie a stalk of corn and sugar cane prominent crops of the country that stand for
Agricultural wealth on top of everything lies the red star symbolizing the spirit of international solidarity
And finally at the bottom in Portuguese reads the Republic of Mozambique, and of course just like the flag
They had some previous emblems that they used before as well under the Portuguese
They used this which had the iconic Portuguese 5 escutcheon symbol on it
It's kind of like the iconic symbol of anything Portuguese and prior to that. They had the Portuguese East Africa coat of arms
Yeah, man, a flag with a gun on it a bayonetted ak-47. That's just no other flag has that
All right, so that's just about it. Now. You know what that means? It's time for geography fan mail time
All right. We got quite a bit of fan mail. Let's start opening it
But as you know, we need some help so come on in. Yeah, believe it or not
Ken actually got quite a bit of fan mail himself. Let's start off with postcards from the UK. Yeah this post first voiced
We got a postcard from nobu fish and chips, right? That's what they call it. I've never had this in chancery
You got to try it. It's really good. It's nice. It's like their hangover food. Yeah, Jonathan who is Brazilian, but he visited
Mania Joel Joel from Minnesota. Yeah, we got three students
I'm Moe your curly and Keith is Larry ha ha ha Peter who visited?
Nunberg Germany, they seemed from Scotland, but I'm guessing you visited great progress Prague Prague. Yeah, I gotta check it out
aha funny fun Tyler who visited
Mongolia another one for you. Yeah Ultimo from Malaysia visiting Tokyo. Hmm. Oh you my mom
My mom ago some Bull Casa de Nimbo gasps. Mommy Anna. I say I know dr. Volkow
Secret now focused along no, just mommy on the moogle sock
By Mike Anthony from Dana Point, California
He says quick question if you had to describe Orange County in one sentence, what would it be?
I would say richer conservative LA and you guys literally touch our city
But like you're not part of our city and you have Disneyland, yeah, I know
You know, we got Six Flags. Yeah
Studio. Yeah Universal Studios. It's like a disc
It's not that great it's not the best I mean they have Harry Potter, but it's like two square feet of space
It's like nothing. That's funny. I guess, you know, they both represent. There. Are theme parks best represents
Plays very Universal Studios Orange County is like a Disneyland. It is in terms of quality
Yeah, that is true because Disneyland has to like keep everything a little PG is ya know a is like Universal Studio. It's more slimy
fun story
I actually worked at Universal Studios
And I got to see all the people who were behind the costumes and the person who played Dora
The Explorer was like a 51 year old Mexican guy and you would like smoke on his brain
Oh my it was like I'm not even joking
Anyway, I
Got a letter from Aunt Ruth, Indiana
All it is is a yugioh card what it's a it looks like a high-level car dog from Oaktown
California he says did you know our state rock is serpentine?
Okay, hey that rocks
This looks like Joe note. I paid that's Taiwan Oh temp a temp
Taipei, oh hi pay. It didn't really come with a letter though. It just came with a packet. Is it a tea?
I will figure this out. It looks like tea, but maybe it's not
Stephen from Washington says he's been watching since the Ireland episode. Oh you wrote for all of us. Oh good
so you got a letter too you wrote to Keith and Noah and me says he can't wait to see the
Vatican City episode which will come out in like 50 years from now and
He draws a little picture of all of us like we're in a band. You got one last letter. Yeah, this one is from
Michael from
Australia
Christmas from it's from Ivan of Missouri high school art teacher. Oh, it's a high school art teacher. Oh, he's an art teacher
Oh my god
You are the second person to do this profile picture of me, let's see if I can imitate it again, so
you think people draw you too before how do you feel when you know people across the world are drawing you it's so interesting to
See like oh wow
That means someone knows who I am and has to want to put the time to draw me and I'm like, you know
Never run see or minded. So yeah. Yeah, you're like wow someone drew me Oh,
Lebanon, oh, he says, my name is David. I'm a French soldier serving for the unit Phil in south Lebanon one day
I had the opportunity to visit
Biblia Zoo that was in the Lebanon episode amazing food great scenery. Had a nice day there to pay off. My misión continued clumps
Ah, thank you David. And he also sends the UN UN and France
you are because
Nick makes more sense. It's a patch. Why not? Just put it on the arm. I'm adding bark n borrow my sweater
I like the sweaters very comfortable. It's a Vidia full straight-on alpaca wool say don't you make good coffee, or is it chocolate?
Everything in South America makes good coffee. Yeah in your opinion guys, which country makes the best coffee? Yes
Leave it in the comments down below. Yeah, leave it in the comments
like
We're youtubers, so yeah, we got a package from the north american vexillological association
They study for a study flex the vatican. Laughs this is the flag of their association. It's just this is perfect for Black Friday
Majority the episodes our fan man. Okay three minutes
William who is chinese-american sent us all of this stuff. Hi, I'm William. I've been watching for a few years now
He visited Hong Kong to celebrate his grandpa's 90th birthday. Whoo congrats to your grandfather. We gotta show this on camera
This is just way too many. Yeah things he sent books for sobbing Chu and Mao Zedong
These are the opposing leaders the magnetic puzzle map might have some disputed areas and might not be considered accurate. Bye
Hi everybody. If you look at China, they took over the areas that are disputed with India
So, oh, yeah, Oh Otto nacho Pradesh and oxide chin and all of the sprat. Yeah
Oh my god, we got this box over here
Tyler from
Pennsylvania, oh so he sent coasters. Oh
You open this I'll get the coffee because we actually have come
Yeah, we do have coffee or coaster set absorbent tumbled stones not coffee without a coaster. Cheers Cheers. All right coffee coaster
Pennsylvania mmm, he said it was like absorbent. Yeah, it says the thing absorbent. Oh, I'm gonna spill a little bit then
Let's see. How absorbent. This is oh my god. Oh, it is absorbing. It's like a sponge
It's like a rock sponge. So last one I am so sorry
I lost your letter you sent a big box and I had to carry everything in my backpack, but the box didn't fit
So I had to open your box put it in my backpack, but I think I dropped your letter somewhere
I did read your letter though. So sorry. If you are watching this, please put your name in the comments
I forgot from I remember you are Becky but you live in Canada and you sent all this cool stuff
Who's Becky Stan hat and who's Becky Stan?
Scarf and since I you guys are pretty close to Russia sent to Russia scarf. Yeah, that's really cool. Nice
And this is a traditional who's Beck hat. It has a squarish. It's supposed to be that way
Obviously since you're from Canada a Canada flag, and he said he gave Noah
Arnold schwarzenegger socks again. I really wish I had your letter I can't find it anywhere. But please contact me
I would love to give you credit for sending all this stuffing. Thank you so much, man. Oh
Hi guys, so that's just about it. But before we go, you know what time it is return address
Contest so Ken is gonna pick out a name and whoever wins gets this scratch-off map provided by geography federico
He sells them on his website. So if you don't win you can buy one. All right, so let's go. Oh
we got
Marcia Marcia from Latvia. Nice. Nice. Yeah, Latvia. All right, so that's just about it guys
thank you for putting all the stuff you guys sent to your home towns and countries and all that cool stuff on display before we
Go can any last words to the geography community Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. That seems appropriate
Oh, all right, even though people are obably gonna watch this video and like may of next year
But yeah, anyway, anywho have a good one. Stay cool. Stay tuned