⭐The white star is called the 'light that guides'. It points the way to peace and freedom for the country.
🎨The colours have meanings: yellow for the country's past under colonial rule, black for the darkness that must be overcome, and red for the struggle for freedom.
🗓️East Timor (also called Timor-Leste) is one of the world's newest countries. It became fully independent in 2002.
🌏It sits on half of the island of Timor in Southeast Asia, sharing it with Indonesia, and is one of only two mainly Christian countries in the region.