Behind the heart shield two crossed spears, and above that the motto of the state in a motto ribbon: "Unité, Travail, Justice" => "unity, work, justice". To the left and on the right of the heart shield ever one white horse as shield holder, underneath sorgho plants and two hoes. It contained in a blue shield, thereupon in the middle a smaller shield (heart shield) in the colors of the country, with the golden initials of the land thereupon (RHV – République de Haute-Volta). On 4th of May in 1961 the national coat of arms of the former autonomous republic from 1958 was officially adopted. As the origin apply the colours of Ethiopia (Abessinia), the oldest independent state in Africa. For the political unity of Africa stands the colour-triad green-yellow-red, wich used many african countries in their flags after the independence. The combination of the colours green, yellow and red are the pan-african colours: Perhaps in 1900 was the beginning of the Panafrica-Movement, wich wants to emphasize the commons of all people with black skin. Green stands for the fertility of the land, and red for the in the fight of independence shed blood. The star should symbolize the revolutionar character of the new rulers. It shows the pan-african colors, two horizontal stripes in red and green with a yellow star in the middle. The new flag was so introduced on the 4th of August in 1984. After the Sankara-revolt (4th of August in 1983) Upper Volta was renamed in Burkina Faso exactly one year later, and the hitherto valid flag abolished as an alleged neo-colonialist symbol. The three colors stood for the three arms of the river Volta (Red Volta, White Volta and Black Volta). It showed three horizontal stripes in black, white and red. The flag of Upper Volta was introduced on the 9th of December in 1959, and undertoken for the independent Upper Volta.
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