Flag of Bago Region

{{Infobox flag

| Name = Bago Region

| Image = Flag of Bago Region.png

| Symbol = {{FIAV|normal}}

| Proportion = 2:3

| Adoption = {{circa|2018}}

| Design = A blue flag with two yellow hamsas (one sitting on the other's back) on a white circle with green border charged in the centre and the white text "Bago Region" written in Burmese above it

| Image2 = Flag of Bago Division.svg

| Use2 = Former flag

| Symbol2 = {{FIAV|historical}}

| Proportion2 = 2:3

| Adoption2 = 1974

| Relinquished2 = 2010

| Design2 = A blue flag with a yellow hamsa in the centre and the yellow text "Bago Division" written in Burmese underneath it

| Image3 = File:Former flag of Bago Region.png

| Use3 = Former flag

| Symbol3 = {{FIAV|historical}}

| Proportion3 = 2:3

| Adoption3 = 2010

| Relinquished3 = {{circa|2019}}

| Design3 = A blue flag with a yellow hamsa in the centre and the yellow text "Bago Region" written in Burmese underneath it

}}

The flag of Bago Region depicts two golden hamsas, female one sitting on the male's back, on a white circle bordered by green charged at the centre of blue background. The name "Bago Region" ({{lang|my|ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး}}) is written in Burmese above the birds.

A variant of the flag is presented to winning sports teams representing the region.{{cite news |title=ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီးကိုယ်စားပြု လှေလှော်ကစားသမားများအား အောင်နိုင်ရေးအလံပေးအပ် |trans-title=Boating athletes representating Bago Region presented with flag after victory |date=27 January 2022 |work=Myanmar Digitial Newspaper |url=https://www.myanmardigitalnewspaper.com/my/paikhuuttiungdeskiikiuycaapu-leleaakcaasmaamaaaaa-aeaangniungrealnpeap |language=my}}{{cite web |title=ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီးကိုယ်စားပြု ဘော်လီဘောအသင်းအား အောင်နိုင်ရေးအလံပေးအပ်ပွဲ ကျင်းပပြုလုပ် |trans-title=Victory flag presentation ceremony conducted to Bago region representative volleyball team |url=https://www.moi.gov.mm/iprd/news/175460 |publisher=Ministry of Information |date=21 October 2023 |author=Thet Phyo Kyaing |language=my}}

Symbolism

According to local legend, the city of Bago was established on the location where a male hamsa landed on a single rock above the floodwaters and let the female stand on his back, during a massive flood, hence the adoption of that couple on the flag and seal of Bago.{{cite web |last1=Kuipers |first1=Ludo |title=Bago Region {{!}} Flag {{!}} Myanmar {{!}} OzOutback |url=https://ozoutback.com.au/Myanmar/flags/slides/14_Bago_Region.html |website=ozoutback.com.au |accessdate=9 July 2018}}

Former flag

The former flag of Bago Region, adopted in 1974, depicts a hamsa on a blue background. "Bago Division" ({{lang|my|ပဲခူးတိုင်း}}), the former name of Bago Region, is written in Burmese underneath the bird. After renaming of Myanmar administrative divisions in 2010, the name on the flag also changed accordingly — the word "big region" ({{lang|my|ဒေသကြီး}}) was added to become "Bago Region" ({{lang|my|ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး}}). Around 2018, a new design, which replaces the single golden hamsa with two golden hamsas on a green-bordered white circle, started to appear in sport tournaments.

The former flag of Mon State is similar to the pre-2018 flag of Bago Region, but its hamsa and text have different proportions and designs.

References

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