everybody welcome back to flag slash fan
friday hope you like the mauritania
episode now this is the part where you
know i cover things that i didn't get to
talk about in the episode or i fixed
some mistakes for one that was kind of a
weak punch you could see me looking at
nick before he punched me second i
accidentally said that mauritania was in
the maghreb it's not i meant to say
sahara and sahel not my graven sahel
third i accidentally used the
francophone map not the french empire
map yeah the drc was never part of the
french empire as part of the belgian
another thing i wanted to talk a little
bit more about the slavery thing i
wanted to mention that in mauritania
they also kind of have like villages
that are designated for either street
slaves or emancipated slaves or slaves
that ran away they are called aguaba
there's a whole weird system going on
there's documentaries that have been
made on it oh yeah and i also forgot to
mention that the tallest mountain is
also almost completely made up of iron
ore deposits like seriously sometimes
compasses don't even work if you go on
the mountain i forgot to mention the
most notable mosque in the capital
nuwaksha the mosque saldik was kind of
funded and made by the saudis and uh
yeah that's just about it so uh let's
jump into the flag so without further
ado
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you know what i really hate the flag
emoji for mauritania is still not
updated like whoever's in charge of
emojis fix it anyway the real flag the
flag is a green banner with two red
bands on the top and bottom with a
golden upward pointing crescent and star
in the middle the green and gold are
considered pan-african colors whereas
the green specifically also symbolizes
islam as well as the bright future and
the growth of the nation the gold
symbolizes the sands of the sahara and
the red stands for
those who fight for the freedom
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yeah yeah you guys were waiting for that
weren't you once again thank you ken for
making that animation you guys know ken
right hey what's up you guys hey i don't
know so ken as you know i just moved
into this new house so uh in
appreciation you have just been upgraded
from cage to dungeon oh sweet yeah um so
that's all i need you here for now uh so
get in your dungeon until i call you
back uh wait really yes yeah i'm serious
okay wait
what
so anyway keep in mind this flag used to
not have red stripes and used to be that
way from independence up until 2017.
that meant up until 2017 they alongside
with jamaica were the only two flags in
the world that didn't have any red white
or blue on them now jamaica is all alone
adding the red stripes is actually kind
of controversial the red stripes were
actually part of a controversial
referendum that changed up a lot of the
nation's policies it included things
like abolishing the constitutional
amendments getting rid of some of the
people in the senate changing the
national anthem there are actually a lot
of protests and opposition forces one
senator was arrested for corruption and
he went on a hunger strike there's a
whole backstory to it and of course uh
prior to that they're actually under the
french under the french empire and prior
to that they didn't really have a flag
so anyway yeah the seal of mauritania
the seal is pretty simple it's just a
disc with the flag colors in the middle
minus the red overlapped by a palm and a
flower plant all with the words islamic
republic of mauritania written in both
arabic and french on the top and bottom
edges on an outer white disk and uh yeah
that was pretty simple uh because uh
yeah is uh this is pretty much the only
seal they've ever had so i guess you
know what that means it's time for
geography fan mail time ken oh yeah
let's do it postcards okay so we got a
postcard from slovakia thank you so much
sydney who visited nassau bahamas thank
you whoa uh thank you so much luke elias
elias gutenberg sweden we uh got another
one from paris uh ashley
these people with their videos
lauren visited anna maria island genova
thank you so much kate uh melanie
visited the balearic islands oh we got
the russian world cup thank you so much
sultan joel from lake elmo minnesota
never even heard of that place now elmo
i was born in minnesota yeah ben
singapore oh singapore wow they have
really awesome looking lakes or rivers
they have really cool looking rivers
there that's a bay but yeah it's a bay
yeah water
water they have water you have good
water you've got good water it looks
great max who visited vancouver british
columbia canada ryan and ethan ireland
sweet half of me
liam visited bled slovenia milwaukee
this is a pretty cool looking flag thank
you so much pedro stephanie who visited
uh
schloss
probably butchered that pronunciation
germany woohoo i got a postcard from new
york sam erie canal uh megan oh me gain
oh me it's me again it's me again yeah
but your name is john anyway he visited
the tyrol region of italy we got one
from oxford all right thank you so much
from seville spain oh this is really
cool uh we got a postcard from svalbard
the northernmost part of norway justine
us uh visited from lithuania and he said
he had to
rent a gun to protect against polar
bears when he visited whoa
no thank you so much sil i visited china
we got a cute panda photo of
a
a panda photo of a panda
uh we actually got this really cool
postcard from jaren he visited uh
yonaguni which is famous for being the
westernmost island of japan it's only
108 kilometers off the coast of taiwan
and if you look off the horizon you
could see the mainland well not really
mainland because taiwan is also an
island but yeah you can see taiwan uh
letter time so we got one from alphonse
from netherlands wow it's a lot of
banknotes just funny like all these
youtubers flexing yeah
yeah 100 bills but i'm like i got a 1904
yugoslav dinar to me this seems more
valuable than just one country of
currency lovely letter thank you guys be
sure to hit subscribe
press the like and subscribe oh she just
shot my merch at logos oh geez oh no oh
by the way ken you got a you got a
postcard oh uh it's from
farhan from malaysia thank you so much
uh ken you also got a letter
jared jared from jared i liked it when
you were in the kiribati episode the
lesotho episode was another episode you
you were in that i liked great letter
man steve who is actually a
principal at a school but he used to
teach geography and he says uh he uses
uh some of geography now videos in his
classes i love i love it when i get
letters from teachers uh samir who is uh
arab israeli that's cool sent some
snacks from israel and he also sent a uh
palestine flag sticker it was really
cool he also sent a
map haifa which is one of the most uh
touristy spots of israel we got a
package from jacob from wisconsin oh
nice yeah we just exactly the same flag
i was just complimenting on the colors
today's episode is uh milwaukee is the
winner christmas ornaments
nice wow uh let's see matthew uh from
virginia he made a geography now log all
the dates all the episodes have been
done the ones that we haven't done yet
they're empties put a lot of time into
that that's for sure and uh ken actually
got his own package what's colorado i'm
guessing it's the colorado flag yes it
is heather and john oh what is this that
is hilarious i got a little pot from
colorado you got some cool fans in
colorado ken i'm just saying uh
something from texas oh wow okay um
people from
linguates.com they want to know if they
could work and collaborate with a
sponsorship uh i don't even know what
this is but i'll see if i can check it
out cool thanks lance from singapore
great drawing of the flag uh we got a
package from brady at new hampshire map
of
europe we got a map of the whole world
we got the shape of new hampshire
from pakistan so check this out oh i
believe your name is hassan of course he
sends the pakistan flag he made a comic
called pakistan man i guess it's kind of
like a nationalistic hero it's a comic
book i'm really interested in these
sponsors actually look at that
the condo burger i want to see this
place wakanda burger and the history of
pakistan that's pretty nifty if i don't
know yes
new york style pizza dude hassan you are
really talented i commend you for making
an entire comic book series and cartoon
pakistan's a beautiful country it is
jeffrey from philadelphia i am so sorry
i got this a long time ago ago but i
didn't open it up but i i was moving
into this new house and i totally lost
it in a bunch of boxes i'm sorry this is
the american declaration of independence
okay we got a package from jake from
virginia oh nice this is oh look at
those hats or oh this i met this guy in
maryland right this hat even feels very
comfortable coaster that i made by hand
by weaving it as if it was a basket oh
and this oh whoa you collected like wow
he sent in his collection and he
collected every single one of them
except american samoa that's a lot dude
do you want this man that would be
awesome keep it the only one condition
is ken you have to find the american
samoa quarter i will find the american
samoa quarter thank you jake and finally
one last box from ej from massachusetts
whoa
the team rocket shirt is for you the
boston shirt is large so if ken can wear
it give it to him great combination all
right well i guess i'm gonna put on now
i guess i'm team rocket and i'm boston
i'm gonna totally put these on my
bookshelf it's uh off the map by derek
nelson maps in history by jeremy black
gives a lot of information and insight
to maps and the history of maps all
right so you know what time it is return
address contest which means uh i put all
of your return addresses in this bag
right here ken's gonna take one out and
he's going to pick a winner and whoever
wins gets this scratch off map sent to
us by jack of people frederico who sells
them on his website if you don't win you
can buy one right here or go to the link
in the description who do we got ken we
got richard tyler from wyoming nice
tyler you just won well guys thank you
so much i really appreciate it when you
guys send in stuff and put your
hometowns and home countries on display
i guess that that's pretty much it
you've just been flagged stay cool stay
tuned can any last words i'm gonna go
have fun back in my
dungeon
yes total upgrade
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