Vanuatu

About the flag

Vanuatu is correct. The emblem of a boar’s tusk encircling two namele fern leaves is uniquely Ni-Vanuatu: the tusk symbolizes traditional wealth and prosperity, while the leaves signify peace and authority. The colors also have meaning—black for the Melanesian people, green for the fertile islands, red for the blood of boars and people, and a yellow Y for the spread of Christianity across the archipelago. Vanuatu, a South Pacific nation formerly known as the New Hebrides, became independent in 1980. Memory tip: no other national flag features a boar’s tusk—spot the tusk, think Vanuatu.