Hey everybody, welcome back to flag fan Friday. Hope you like the eSwatini episode we're gonna put my liners back in
Yeah, you know 20 because the name is swathi knee is actually not a new name
It's literally what the people of the country have been calling the country ever since day one the eponymous with the former king and Swati
The second but I wasn't until recently that they decided to change the official English
name into is martini one reason why is because it was the fiftieth anniversary of their
Independence and it was kind of a unilateral decision from the king and the Queen but yeah
It's gonna take a while for our brains to get accustomed to it
Anyway, there's also the part where I cover some of the small stuff that didn't make it into the episode for one
I wanted to talk about the rail network
It actually trans sex the country both north and south going into both South Africa and Mozambique
I also wanted to talk about the lobola or
bridewealth which is kind of like the Swazi equivalent to a
Dowry, usually it's paid in cattle towards the bride's family when she gets married Nelson
Mandela was actually paid lobola
When his daughter married his Swasey Prince and there's a few other things I coulda mentioned but we got to keep this gravy train rolling
So without further ado
I
Swat tini for the first time we broke the alphabetical rule
I figured it would probably happen at some point before we finished all the episodes but enough on that the flag the flag is a
banner featuring a
horizontal tricolour of two blue bands on top and bottom to thinner yellow bands bordering the blue ones and a big red band in the
Center in the center of the flag lies the traditional black and white Moony shield covering two Spears and a staff
decorated with feather tassels called enjoyable the blue stands for peace and stability the yellow stands for the mineral resources and the red stands for
The struggles of the nation and that definition is a little vague
I don't want to misinterpret it and say it stands for the blood of those before the country like so many other Flags so sorry
No animation this week the shield plays a reminder to the population of their nation's military
traditions and protection from the nation's enemies
It is called black and white not just because of the colors of the oxide that the shields are made of but also to symbolize
The unity of the black and white people that live peacefully in the country
Keep in mind the country also has a royal standard flag, but they use for the royal family. It features the lion way back
Yeehaw they used another flag with the shield and they also under the British as a protectorate. Yeah
So anyway, the coat-of-arms the coat-of-arms is pretty self-explanatory
The image depicts the same Muni shield and weaponry as the flag on a blue shield
Adorned with a crown of feathers typically worn at the in koala ceremony on the sides are the lion and elephant
Representing the king or mon yama and the queen elephant mother or that Indo?
Vacati at the bottom on a banner lies the model te kapa which means we are the fortress
I think I pronounced that right si acaba. Is that
It's kind of similar to Zulu right your cues make the clicking sound by the way
If that word when Yama sounds a little similar to you
That's because it is very similar to the Zulu word for Lion in one yama which is song like a billion times in the Lion
King song come on, you know the song sing with me
Anyway, so yeah that is just about that. So, you know what time it is
Geography real time and we actually have some guest stars today
All right, you know them so I do know hello
I am ready. Who are you ready? Super ready? You know we always start with postcards Joe from Peggy's Cove
I think your name is ank by art. I think from Mongolia here. We have Dan from Slovenia Mitchell from Italy
Thank you so much, ma'am. All right, really beautiful Budapest postcard here. So Rodrigo. Thanks for the postcard form on Norway
Thank you so much Rodrigo. Looks like Lena here visited Portugal and Lena is from Lithuania. Thank you so much, Mina
This is amazing postcard made of cork cork. Yeah. Oh, that's the second time
I've gotten to Cork postcards Oh, Georgia, I love Georgia Carly. Thank you for the postcard from Georgia with Steven from North Carolina
Who visit the Faroe Islands Dan from Missouri? He made a fun deal. Tarah postcard. Thank you, Dan
Let me say the Midwest is great. Oh
Yeah. Yeah Midwest right here. I'm not from the Midwest
So no
I actually got a letter Thank You Ian from material you sent these amazing patches one is from
Cascadia and the other is from North Cyprus. Thank you so much. You're my first fan mail person. Thank you. Thank you so much
This is from Bennifer, Missouri. Sorry, I'm so weak. He senses your stuff. You got some great
It's a soda shops. So
His um some beard butter
Thank you so much. I as soon as I grow out my beard all definitely use it Chi you're not here today
But you gave Kai this bullet shell necklace guy if you're watching I'll get you these and for me
He got a Bob Saget picture Thank You. Amber who visited Costa Rica with her Spanish class?
The money from Costa Rica is really cool here. We have me call from Poland
And also we have a very cool collectible map of Poland. He also sends these really old
postcards from the 1930s and
1918 wow, these are really old. Also. This guy sent this a long time ago. His name is John
He made a whole book of the cool diving spots in Colorado. All right here
We have a letter from David in Boulder Colorado. He is old Swiss and American he sent us some very cool currency from locations
He travel to we have Belarus Iran and a very old Swiss one. It's pretty cool. Uh, Nathan from Miami, Florida
Hey, I'm actually from Florida as well
Really cool going so what is this Keith?
I don't know looks like a drawing of me Noah and you and I'm playing bass Kenny's in the cage
Hands busy off in a in a cage somewhere somewhere. Yeah, this is a letter from Mia
She is finished, but she visited the Woodmoor Chia region of Russia
Republic sorry, and they are fiddle orchid people
So those are like her cousins and she said it was a really interesting experience. They have like the same folklore
Republic flag Tyler from
Texas who was actually born in Fiji. Hmm. Who's Hindu sent us this little pink note from India. Yeah
I think it's a rupee rupee and
Indeed. It looks like no, it's Nepal. I think that's Mount Everest
No, this isn't Indian isn't Nepal tronex letter is from Rami and Rami is going to school in London for anthropology Rami. Good luck
He sent us a flag from Lebanon
Hey
We got this letter here from Geoff from New Mexico and his sister drew this it's called a Zia
Let's open packages wave a packet here from that cloud check. Whoa Shakya. Yeah, that's not only thing though. Check out this
Okay, keep it's yours, alright we got something from Emma from Illinois I remember you Emma
She made that here. Actually. I still haven't pulled on guys stay here for a sec not going anywhere
Hey, so how was your day today? It's pretty good. That's good. So Emma made my flag pillowcase
Let's yeah, she's from Northern, Illinois University
The Huskies sent me the little banner little wolf plush toy. So we got a package here from gear. Um, oh
It looks to be yeah Portugal for to go what you got fly to Portugal. He he made this map
He uh, he drew the world here. We have a letter and a package from a geography in Canada
Unfortunately, there's no names
We can't call you out directly sent us a book on the akan Civil War and also some maple candy. Maybe some lucky Keith
What's your uh, what's your verdict?
I
Like it I mean can't go I'm not mad sounds pretty amazing. Alright we got Andres who is
Venezuelan and
he writes a lot of cool information on Venezuela drew Venezuelan flag and sent in to
Venezuelan we call these boulevards. Yeah Boulevard. We got a package here from
argent, no Argentina
His name is Franco. And he sent us these really rad postcards from class Aires. That's nice little flag of Argentina
What is this? Yeah, some sort of monument. Alright here. We have a package from Patrick from Venice, California
He sent us a photo, California on the age of projects
This book some very cool imagery in here from South Africa. My wife and I are from Johannesburg South Africa
We've been a fan of the show since Kira bus. They send Burkina Faso and of course their country South Africa, so
I love getting stuff from Africa Africans. Well, I love you guys. I want I wanna I wanna interact with you more
Okay Youssef. He is from Edmonton Alberta. He sends us a
Jersey pretty awesome
It's the jersey of Simon care the talented Danish central defender from Denis and Daniel
There are remaining a couple living in Manchester England. You sent us details. I don't know key rings
Yes, oke rings earring, and they also sent us and spoke on how to survive Romania
Check it out. How to survive Romania
Okay guys, so that's just about it before we go, you know what time it is return address contest
We put your return addresses in this bag and this week since there's two guest stars. We're gonna have two winners two winners
Not one but two the winners will get this scratch-off map sponsored to us by geography Frederico
He sells them on his website go to this link right here, or you can go to the link in the description
So if you don't win you buy one and this website a challenge in the dual. All right - mutters
No, I am Keith. You guys pick winners. All right, right ready and go for it. I'm gonna get in here dig deep
Let's find out. Let's see who is the winner? All right, the winner is
Louie from Miami, Florida
Winner number two Keith no flow. I'm gonna dig deep gonna go to the bottom
All right. Let's see
We're not taking from Julie. We're not from Chile. Yeah, you just won yourself a scratch off the map. Well, thank you guys
Thank you for everything. This was been really fun. I love putting your countries on display
And before we go, uh, no, I'll Keith. Do you guys have anything you want to say?
My best friend Jacob and Katie just got engaged. I love you guys
I will see you for the wedding Keith you wanted to do something
All right
So I guess a subscriber had sent some really hot hot sauce from Trinidad called this
Scorpion and a couple months ago somebody from Trinidad sent this scorpion sauce
To try it. I'm gonna torture myself money, you know, so my mom made Korean
Chicken thigh. We're gonna put some hot sauce on it
It's really powerful. Oh my gosh. Okay. Okay. Oh, that's way too much. Oh
That's the sauce yeah. Oh yeah, I'm just gonna do just dip it. So here I go you guys sir
Keith is gonna do the Trinidad scorpion sauce challenge
Holy
Are you trying more no, I'm gonna try a little bit more
I need you to get him a spoon and do a little shot of scorpion sighs. Whoa. Oh, it's hidden
I mean, it's not like the hottest side. Oh my god
you're
Gonna sweat just looking at you. Do you need milk or water? He's really hot
I'm gonna get Keith some milk and water and ah, you guys stay cool. Stay tuned. Have a good one'd hot stuff