Hey, geograpeeps. Welcome back to Flag / Fan Friday. Hope you like the Guyana episode.
Guyana is so cool because it's like a little mini, India in South America,
and the flag is pretty cool too, and you'll see why in a sec.
So without further ado,
Okay, so before we jump in. I just want to say a very quick thank you to all of the
Irish, French, Italian and Swiss Geograpeeps
that have contacted me for the heritage trip that me and my mom are going to take at the end of this year.
I can't wait to meet some of you guys and I'll be hitting you back at the beginning of June
after I finished the Haiti episode okay, cool?
All right, enough talk. Let's jump in.
The flag of Guyana otherwise known as the 'Golden arrow' is a green banner with two triangles protruding to the right from the left hoist side.
The Longer Gold One with a white outline reaches all the way to the edge of the right side
and the smaller one with a black outline Inside only juts out to about a third of the way
The colors are symbolic.
The green represents agriculture and forests, the white for the rivers and water
the gold for mineral wealth and black for Endurance.
Whereas the red stands for...
Yeah, sorry I know you're waiting for the bloodshed
but Guyana's independence actually wasn't that bloody. You'll just have to wait for the next one.
Also keep in mind prior to independence,
they used a variety of Union Jack Corner box flags with a Emblem
with A 19th century sea vessel and now for the coat-of-arms.
The coat-of-Arms includes a crest made of an Amerindian headdress known as Cacique's crown,
symbolizing the indigenous people, two diamonds at the sides of the headdress
representing the mining industry, a helmet and two Jaguars as supporters holding a pickaxe,
sugarcane and a stock of rice symbolizing Guyana's mining sugar and rice industries.
There's also a shield decorated with the Victoria Amazonica Lily, Guyana's national flower,
Three Blue Wavy lines representing the three main Rivers of Guyana and the National bird, the canje pheasant.
At the bottom on a scroll lies the National Motto:
"One people, One nation, One Destiny".
Now any coat of arms with Jaguars on it is all right in my book. Alright. So that's about it.
You know what time it is? Geogra-Fanmail Time!
Alright, so this is all the stuff that I got from last week
Let's just jump in. This is from hugo from the Netherlands, whoa ( ) wait what hey Barb's?
I'm writing this letter in Dutch, German and English
You decide to order the netherlands for part of your heritage trip?
I would love to have you over
I've included for you my favorite flag the icelandic flag and some very old German Mark handle with care. Thanks so much hughes
Oh, okay from Annina from Tampere Finland Finland. Yes. I love Finland ok if I know finland
I'm pretty sure I'm like 98% sure you sent me some Miyake. Let me find out
yep, yeah, yep, uh yeah, Salmiakki. I knew it
I'm a 21 year old journalism student in tampere
As you know finland turns 100 this year our independence day is on the 6th of December. I love your finland episode
Thank you so much Anna package is from
Alexa from Serbia, Serbia, oh that's a start ok lots of stuff. Hello from Serbia. I am Alexa
I'm a geography professor in High School
Here are a few materials and artifacts from Serbia as the greatest Serbian Geographer Yovan
Ve exceed the only way to learn geography is by foot. I like that quote - thanks a lot this is from fred from Switzerland
Look, uh Teddy Bear I wanted to send you food
But the procedures are way too complicated
guess you'll have to come here if you want great chocolate cheese what I might be going to switzerland for the heritage trip so ah
Maybe we can meet up fred look at these amazing pictures of switzerland. thanks a lot fred all right this is from New Hampshire
Well, hey Paul, my name is cody, and I'm from Manchester. New Hampshire. I currently study politics at st. Anselm College enclosed
I have a few gifts the seal of the state of new Hampshire a British penny dated
1913 thanks a lot cody's is actually pretty cool. Yeah, this is from young from Chengdu China China. Yeah, I got something from China
That's cool. I got stuff from hong Kong before but never actually like mainland China, so this is the first time I've leave whoa
silk stocking milk tea and Yunnan Black tea
Specialties from my home province of Sichuan look you can move the pandas legs and arms hello. I followed geography now from Gee Guatemala
I like how your team is interacting with real residents of each country. I'm from Chengdu China where most of the pandas live
Oh, that's cool. Chengdu China. I know you're really getting me interested in that place
Thanks a lot young so - you guys wrote letters saying that you were from Bandiaterra. yeah
Clever neels who is actually from Greece and Seth who even did a little profile on Bandiaterra?
Two letters from Ireland hey Barb's. I'm Jack from Dublin
Oh and Connor his best friend also wrote hi as well a map of Ireland and of course the Irish flag
guys, I can't wait to go to Ireland for the heritage trip seriously
I hope to meet as many of you Irish geographers as possible Patrick from Annapolis
Maryland the Danish language is like a guy with a potato in his mouth you remember that episode if this one has no name
But it's from norway. I love norway I've always liked the Canada of scandinavia. Hey Paul
I know my handwriting is bad just to clear things. It's okay
I don't judge you for that and in the back. He wrote some useful phrases in Norwegian. Thanks a lot men also
Uh thanks Patrick from Oak Ridge, tennessee for writing this cool letter and telling me some cool facts and thanks to lane from Mississippi
I also came fourth place in the Mississippi Geography bee in Fifth grade dude lane, not bad
You drew this all from memory you get the great lakes yep, you got the great lakes it is from Chase
He says his mom is from finland and his dad is from Belarus try to translate this
finnish language look don't get me wrong. I love the finnish language
It's beautiful, but it just takes like 18,000 years to Master, and I'm not going to live that long
But thank you chase this is a great letter. Okay. This is from Erik from Bandung Indonesia
wow, I've gotten letters from Indonesia, but never a package. There's another package look at all this hey barb's. I'm erik from Indonesia
I've watched your channel since Afghanistan
Indonesia is a big country with vast cultural diversity it is and that's going to be a very crazy episode
Included is a flag of indonesia and other southeast Asian countries three Keychains Eric's
I love this this was sent from South from Germany it smells German smells like licorice a rustic industrial
Yet efficient and prosperous all right
Oh, this is literally all snacks. Is there a letter somewhere. Oh, it's in the bag
Judge your letter got some chocolate stains on it. Hey barb's. I'm just yes, that's a weird name
It's pronounced like Ralph, but instead of Br. You have a cute so it's cow
I'm a 27 year old german law student from Dortmund Germany
I'm sending you all these German treats nopperz toffee Haribo Paul Baran Milka Ahoy brows Hanuta
Bifi
Aecht.. Well shelf you know that Luke is watching me
I'll have to wait for about four and a half more weeks, and then I'll be able to try a little bit
But I'm holding on to these okay. I promise you. I'm holding on who Brandon would love that
He loves German beers might have to split this with him, and maybe my mom too. I don't know she likes beer, too
Okay guys. We're gonna go but before we do you know what time it is return address contest
So here's the return addresses and here. We go. not gonna. Look like a look like a look
and
Andre Houston, and How Houston from
Northamptonshire United Kingdom you just won. thank you guys so much. This was fun
I love getting this stuff and putting it on display for you guys to see in the meantime stay tuned
Haiti is coming up next week have fun