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|align="center"|'''THE GUYANA COAT OF ARMS''' | |||
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Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had become a British possession. The abolition of slavery led to settlement of urban areas by former slaves and the importation of indentured servants from India to work the sugar plantations. The resulting ethnocultural divide has persisted and has led to turbulent politics. Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966, and since then it has been ruled mostly by socialist-oriented governments. In 1992, Cheddi JAGAN was elected president in what is considered the country's first free and fair election since independence. After his death five years later, his wife, Janet JAGAN, became president but resigned in 1999 due to poor health. Her successor, Bharrat JAGDEO, was reelected in 2001 and again in 2006. Donald RAMOTAR was elected president in 2011. | Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had become a British possession. The abolition of slavery led to settlement of urban areas by former slaves and the importation of indentured servants from India to work the sugar plantations. The resulting ethnocultural divide has persisted and has led to turbulent politics. Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966, and since then it has been ruled mostly by socialist-oriented governments. In 1992, Cheddi JAGAN was elected president in what is considered the country's first free and fair election since independence. After his death five years later, his wife, Janet JAGAN, became president but resigned in 1999 due to poor health. Her successor, Bharrat JAGDEO, was reelected in 2001 and again in 2006. Donald RAMOTAR was elected president in 2011. | ||
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!'''THE NATIONAL ANTHEM''' | |||
!'''GUYANA's NANATIONAL PLEDGE TO THE FLAG''' | |||
!'''SONG OF THE REPUBLIC''' | |||
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Dear land of Guyana, of rivers and plains<br> | |||
Made rich by the sunshine, and lush by the rains,<br> | |||
Set gem-like and fair, between mountains and seas,<br> | |||
Your children salute you, dear land of the free.<br> | |||
Green land of Guyana, our heroes of yore,<br> | |||
Both bondsmen and free, laid their bones on your shore.<br> | |||
This soil so they hallowed, and from them are we,<br> | |||
All sons of one Mother, Guyana the free.<br> | |||
Great land of Guyana, diverse though our strains,<br> | |||
We're born of their sacrifice, heirs of their pains,<br> | |||
And ours is the glory their eyes did not see,<br> | |||
One land of six peoples, united and free.<br> | |||
Dear land of Guyana, to you will we give, | |||
Our homage, our service, each day that we live;<br> | |||
God guard you, great Mother, and make us to be<br> | |||
More worthy our heritage, land of the free.<br> | |||
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I pledge myself to honor always the Flag of Guyana<br> | |||
and to be loyal to my country<br> | |||
to be obedient to the laws of Guyana<br> | |||
to love my fellow citizens<br> | |||
and to dedicate my energies towards<br> | |||
the happiness and prosperity of Guyana.<br> | |||
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From Pakaraima's peak of pow'r<br> | |||
To Courentyne's lush sands,<br> | |||
Her children pledge each faithful hour<br> | |||
To guard Guyana's lands.<br> | |||
To foil the shock of rude invader<br> | |||
Who'd violate her earth,<br> | |||
To cherish and defend forever<br> | |||
The State that gave them birth.<br> | |||
We'll forge a nation's might soul<br> | |||
Construct a nation's frame;<br> | |||
Freedom our everlasting goal,<br> | |||
Courage and truth our aim,<br> | |||
Unyielding in our quest for peace<br> | |||
Like ancient heroes brave,<br> | |||
To strive and strive and never cease<br> | |||
With Strength beyond the slave.<br> | |||
Guyana, climb the glorious perch<br> | |||
To fame, prosperity;<br> | |||
Join in the universal search<br> | |||
For world-wide comity.<br> | |||
Your people what soe'er their breed<br> | |||
Their hue or quality,<br> | |||
With one firm never changing creed<br> | |||
The nation's unity.<br> | |||
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The Guyana coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on an escutcheon (i.e. shield), surcoat, or tabard. A surcoat, and subsequently a coat of arms was used by medieval knights to cover, protect, and identify the wearer. Thus these are sometimes called coat armory. The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement which consists of shield, supporters, crest, and motto. The design is a symbol unique to an individual person or family (except in the UK), corporation, or state. Such displays are commonly called armorial bearings, armorial devices, heraldic devices, or simply arms. | |||
Sometimes the term coat of arms is used to refer to the full achievement, but this usage is wrong in a strict sense of heraldic terminology.[1][2] | |||
The ancient Romans used similar insignias on their shields, but these identified military units rather than individuals. The first evidence of medieval coats of arms is found in the Bayeux Tapestry from the 11th Century, where some of the combatants carry shields painted with crosses. Coats of arms came into general use by feudal lords and knights in battle in the 12th Century. By the 13th Century arms had spread beyond their initial battlefield use to become a kind of flag or logo for families in the higher social classes of Europe, inherited from one generation to the next. Exactly who had a right to use arms, by law or social convention, varied to some degree between countries. In the German-speaking region both the aristocracy and burghers (non-noble free citizens) used arms, while in most of the rest of Europe they were limited to the aristocracy. The use of arms spread to Church clergy, and to towns as civic identifiers, and to royally-chartered organizations such as universities and trading companies. Flags developed from coats of arms, and the arts of vexillology and heraldry are closely related. The coats of arms granted to commercial companies are a major source of the modern logo. | |||
Despite no widespread regulation, and even with a lack in many cases of national regulation, heraldry has remained rather consistent across Europe, where traditions alone have governed the design and use of arms.[citation needed] Unlike seals and other general emblems, heraldic achievements have a formal description called a blazon, expressed in a jargon that allows for consistency in heraldic depictions. | |||
In the 21st century, coats of arms are still in use by a variety of institutions and individuals; for example, many European cities and universities have guidelines on how their coats of arms may be used, and protect their use as trademarks.[3][4][5] Many societies exist that also aid in the design and registration of personal arms. Some nations, like England and Scotland, still maintain the same heraldic authorities which have traditionally granted and regulated arms for centuries and continue to do so in the present day. | |||
==Geography of Guyana== | ==Geography of Guyana== | ||