Papua New Guinea

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The flag of Papua New Guinea is a black and red bend (diagonal bi-color) with the Southern Cross and a Bird of Paradise. In the hoist, it depicts the Southern Cross; in the fly, a raggiana bird of paradise is silhouetted. Red and black have long been traditional colors of many Papua New Guinean tribes. Black-white-red was the color of the German Empire's flag, which had colonized New Guinea prior to 1918. The bird of paradise is also found on the national coat-of-arms.