Hey Geograpeeps, hope you liked the Ghana episode.
Ah, Ghana. Africa's training wheels country. You got to love them. So, without further ado:
So little side note
I'm actually going to make Flag Friday also a Fan Friday in which I open up the packages that you guys sent
to our public mailbox. So stay tuned, because at the end of this video
I'm going to open up these packages. In the meantime,
let's jump into the flag.
The flag of Ghana is a horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with a black five pointed star
in the middle. Ghana was the first country to be inspired by the Ethiopian
pan africanist colors and started the trend that many other African countries would soon follow.
Little side note, a lot of African countries kind of
"look up to" Ethiopia.
Ethiopia is kind of like the wise old man of Africa.
The colors each have their own symbolism:
The green represents the country's rich forests and natural resources,
the yellow represents the mineral wealth especially in gold,
and the red stands for -
and this is probably the part where you'd expect an animation from like Vincent or Potter, but
technical difficulties couldn't get it done on time, so here's the next best thing:
weird never-before-seen footage.
Finally the black star in the middle symbolizes the African emancipation and the African people.
Fun side note: the Independence Arch mentioned in the Ghana episode is actually part of a bigger section called
Black Star Square,
which has a sports stadium and a memorial park that looks pretty cool.
Now in terms of their coat of arms, like mentioned in the episode,
there are two Golden Eagles wearing Black star of Africa
medallions flanking the sides of a shield divided into four quadrants
The top left is showing a sword and a staff used by Chiefs and linguists and ceremony
Symbolizing the traditional authority the second top right quadrant shows the oh Sooo castle the presidential palace
Located off the coast the bottom left quadrant shows a cocoa tree embodying the agricultural richness of Ghana
Especially in cocoa and finally the bottom right depicts a gold mine
Symbolizing the wealth and Minerals especially in gold in the center of the shield on a green st.
George's cross with Gold Fimbriae Shins is a lion
representing the continuous
Cooperation between Ghana and the rest of the commonwealth nations on top lies the crest of a black star of Africa in a gold outline
On top of a taurus with the national colours all of which is on top of grassy field and scroll reading freedom and justice
Cool looking to a ghana Gotta love those Golden Eagles and gold
Everything gold is kind of your thing. So now that that's finished
Let's open up these packages
So I actually got two packages from Australia one was from Jane from Perth
And this one is from Sharni from adalind. I'm gonna open James's first all right
Oh my gosh what you got ah ha ha ha of course Tim [tams]. I've seen these oh
Bej of my now I've had marmite I've never had vegemite. I thought you know what I'll try a little bit right [now]
I mean, I did a little bubble. I actually like the salty
Taste oh that's a little different from marmite interesting hmM
Kangaroo crossings to go [oh] Koala and Kangaroo awesome rubber
Wristband a little pouch do this so cool a bunch of Aussie coins
Oh, there's also a Centavo coin from East timor a few letters
Ah there's james there you are James James says this is him in Crystal Ray with his friend in
East Timor was very proud of his home city in Perth
I really actually do want to go to course because it's I think it's probably one of the most underrated cities in Australia
Hey, Barbie, my name is loch. Lochy about your name is cheap. Oh James is your middle name
Oh my gosh, this whole time. I thought your name was James. Sorry [Locky] your name or Lachlan
He's been subscribed since Bosnia and Herzegovina [Lachlan] James. Thank you so much for this package really appreciate it
I would love to go to perth One day
[I] forgot, [I] [gotta] try one [of] these Kim camm's just a heads up guys handsome Luke is actually my personal trainer
You guys remember handsome luke light?
And he actually put me on like a low-salt loescher diet so I can't really eat too many of these
Snacks you guys send me
I'll take like one bite of each, but I'll give the rest to like Brandon and Cork n. Or some like that. Oh
That is that is decadent okay? Now the big [guy] this box from Sharni, whoa
Hace salute there's so much stuff in this box cup holder Sydney opera house book every picture
There's a char knees in every single one of those pictures. What do we have wished basic
What is this?
is this
Shh to put the heck. This is like an actual taxidermy
Animal head is that the real nose the foxhead came from feral foxes killed for wildlife control and turned into fur stoles
So I guess these animals were like
Overpopulating your country, and that's why it so you'd like okay, okay?
I've never had anybody send me a tax or demised
animal before these cool rocks from the Outback and the other areas, whoa
There's a coin commemorating Australia's 100th anniversary
Roadkill recipes look at it teaches you how to cook a possum and a go on a lizard ah little postcard from your hometown
Adelaide oh
in
Australia Beach towel oh Sharni you sent so many amazing things okay. Thank you so much [Sharni], okay?
I have one more package and it is from blake from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada. I love Canadians
They're uh they're still pleasant. There's just the most pleasant people on the planet
Let's see what pleasantries you got for me blake, okay, right when I open it. There's a letter says Paul
Be I've been subscribed since the Goblin episode bonjour
Snack Snack snack
Old [Dutch] dill pickle chips now. You know my diet. I can't have too many salty things, but I gotta try one of these okay
You could taste the dill I love dill
I'm gonna give the rest of these candies to Brandon and ken is that cool can I do that blake?
Is that cool can I give these to brandon and ken so a lot of you guys also sent letters and postcards and here's some
Of them non up from Malaysia since this
Proboscis monkey card Molly from Nebraska writes a letter in which she says thanks your videos
I fell in love with estonia and next year. I'm moving to tardif you to finish my degree. If it weren't for you
I wouldn't have discovered this beautiful country well molly
I'm glad you fell in love with the stony
And I'm glad that geography now could help along the way enjoy your time in car to
Shanna from Quebec Canada she sends this uh this map of Europe that she drew
Mile from Minnesota sends me this postcard from Minnesota fun side note mile. I was born in Minnesota. Finally. I got something from
Bulgaria this is so cool. Look at that. I love your channel
I started watching after you uploaded the bulgaria video makes sense the little red and white charms
I'm sending you are called Mark Kenichi. We wear those on a holiday called Baba Mazda
I think that was that in my video was that in the bulgarian video
I think it was this tradition exists to celebrate the beginning of spring best wishes Milla. Ha these little charms look at that
They're so cool. You know little snazzy. I got my australia and I got my bulgaria Australia Bulgaria so in conclusion guys
Thank you for sending all these cool things
I'm probably going to share a lot of the snacks with the other people on the geography now team like Ken and Brandon
I really appreciate all this you guys are amazing and stay tuned for the next flag Friday stay cool stay tuned